Lit Elements Practice

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Name: ______________________________

Literary Elements and Figurative Language

Literary Elements: For each item below, select one of the literature elements listed and write it on the
line after the sentence. Each literature element will be used only ONE time.

Plot – 1st Person – 3rd Person – Theme – Symbolism – Protagonist – Antagonist – Conflict – Climax – Setting
1. The author/narrator of the story is NOT a character in the story. _____________________
2. Sam is the name of the main character. _____________________
3. Near the end of the story, the lost, blind dog nearly fell down a cliff before being found. _________________
4. The author/narrator of the story IS a character in the story. ____________________
5. In the story “The Cost of Gratefulness”, the “corner” represented “excitement”. _______________________
6. A middle-school boy must raise his “F” in math to a “B” in a day, or he misses the season. _______________
7. The storyline is this: A shy girl writes a letter to her crush, he reads it, and they become a couple. ________
8. “It is always good to give back to someone who gives to you” is what I learned in the story. ______________
9. Jason is a bully in the story and continually harasses the main character. ____________________
10. The story takes place in the fall, in Mr. Moffatt’s room, in Suncrest. _____________________

Figurative Language: For each item below, select one of the literature elements listed and write it on
the line after the sentence. Each literature element could be used MORE THAN ONCE.

Onomatopoeia – Simile – Metaphor – Alliteration – Hyperbole – Personification – Oxymoron - Irony


11. Katie is as talkative as an auctioneer. ______________________
12. Sally sells seashells by the seashore. ______________________
13. The trees touched the sky. _______________________
14. Wind whooshed through the girls’ hair. ____________________
15. Garrett is a beast on the football field. ___________________
16. Mr. Moffatt has given us a ton of notes this year! _____________________
17. The fisherman caught a jumbo shrimp. __________________
18. Mary motioned toward Michael to move his motor home. ___________________
19. Mrs. Revera gets excited sometimes and talks a million miles an hour. _______________________
20. The lazy boy’s pencil yelled at him to begin working! ___________________
21. The painting that was hanging in the Art Gallery was pretty ugly. ___________________
22. The English teacher failed the exam because of grammatical errors. _____________________
23. Mr. Moffatt said, “Mrs. Moffatt is Faith Hill, and I’m Tim McGraw.” ____________________
24. As the Moffatts searched for yet another lost cat, they heard a “Hoot, hoot” in the trees. _________________

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