Literature, Figurative Language, & More Practice Worksheet
Literature 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
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The author/narrator of the story is NOT a character in the story. _____________________
Sam is the name of the main character. _____________________
Near the end of the story, the lost, blind dog nearly fell down a cliff before being found. _________________
The author/narrator of the story IS a character in the story. ____________________
In the story “The Cost of Gratefulness”, the “corner” represented “excitement”. _______________________
A middle-school boy must raise his “F” in math to a “B” in a day, or he misses the season. _______________
The storyline is this: A shy girl writes a letter to her crush, he reads it, and they become a couple. ________
“It is always good to give back to someone who gives to you” is what I learned in the story. ______________
Jason is a bully in the story and continually harasses the main character. ____________________
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
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Katie is as talkative as an auctioneer. ______________________
Sally sells seashells by the seashore. ______________________
The trees touched the sky. _______________________
Wind whooshed through the girls’ hair. ____________________
Garrett is a beast on the football field. ___________________
Mr. Moffatt has given us a ton of notes this year! _____________________
The fisherman caught a jumbo shrimp. __________________
Mary motioned toward Michael to move his motor home. ___________________
Mr. Moffatt gets excited sometimes and talks a million miles an hour. _______________________
The lazy boy’s pencil yelled at him to begin working! ___________________
Science journaling sure is an easy task. ___________________
“My little brother sure is a pain!” yelled Ryan. _____________________
Mr. Moffatt said, “Mrs. Moffatt is Faith Hill, and I’m Tim McGraw.” ____________________
As the Moffatts searched for yet another lost cat, they heard a “Hoot, hoot” in the trees. _________________
Sentences, Quotes, and More: For each item below, select one of the terms listed that best
describes it and write the term on the line after the item. Each term will be used ONLY ONE TIME.
Interrogative – Imperative – Exclamatory – Declarative – Interrupted Quote – QWAQ – Complex – Compound-Complex –
Semicolon Compound – Comma-Conjunction Compound – Semicolon-Comma Compound
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Halloween has come and gone; however, many kids still have lots of sugar in them. _____________________
Where have the leaves blown? ___________________
I know who you are, and I am happy about it. _____________________
Turn in your Book Project Sheet by Tuesday, November 29, 2011. ____________________
The project is worth 200 points; that is a lot of points for that type of assignment. __________________
Oklahoma will play in the National Championship Game this year! ______________________
Although it was cheap, some kids didn’t attend the dance, and they missed the fun. ____________________
It will snow soon. _______________________
If you work hard in this class, you will find language arts to get easier each day. ___________________
“Will you,” asked the short, brown-haired girl, “go to the dance with me?” _________________________
The boy told his dad, “During lunch the other day, a girl said, ‘You are hot,’ and I blushed.” __________