Literary Elements PRACTICE
Put yourself in a pressure situation; time yourself, and see how quickly and completely
you can complete this quiz! Circle the ones you didn’t get—now you “know what you
don’t know,” and you should focus your energies on these terms!
1. Plot (plot the elements of the plot structure on the on
the back of this sheet)
2. Conflicts (three external, one internal)
3. Theme
4. Setting
5. Point of View (4)
6. Characters (3 types – can be either ___ or ___)
7. Tone
8. Mood
9. Foreshadowing
10.
Simile
11.
Metaphor
12.
Hyperbole
13.
Alliteration
14.
Personification
15.
Onomatopoeia
Literary Term Examples from NBTT
1. Alliteration: “Malloy Magic” 4
2. Alliteration: “Flinty faced” 4
3. Hyperbole: “Young people don’t read at all” 5
4. Foreshadowing: “Away, Philip! Or I’ll make you sing solo!” 8
5. Simile: “It’s like a race” 9
6. Hyperbole: “That’s all Dad and I talk about.” 10
7. Metaphor: “The book itself is a dog.” 16
8. Alliteration: “Educational excellence” 21
9. Hyperbole: “Kids only do what they want to do.” 32
10.
Hyperbole: “This Narwin has us reading these tiny bits every
night, but no one understands it. I mean it, no one!!!” 34
11.
Metaphor: “Blew his stack” 37
12.
Simile: “Man, those are the biggest cookies I ever saw. Like
pizzas.” 47
13.
Simile “You look like death warmed over.” 48
Give an example of the following terms used in a sentence
(one sentence for each term):
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Hyperbole
4. Alliteration
5. Personification
6. Onomatopoeia