Literary Elements Cumulative Test for Google Drive™ Middle or High School

This 46-question multiple choice literary elements test for Google Drive™ is a comprehensive assessment that you can use for ease of grading at the beginning or end of a unit on reading literature!

It works well as a diagnostic test before starting a major unit in which you will teach these elements. You could give it again at the end to see how much students improved!

This test will work with a range of grade levels, mostly 7-12, depending on the elements you teach.

The following sections appear on the test, including questions relating to:

Plot (7 questions)

• Basic Situation
• Internal and External Conflict
• Climax
• The purpose of plot

Character/Characterization (5 questions)

• Basic definition
• Character appearance
• Character thoughts
• Direct and Indirect characterization

Setting (6 questions)

• Purpose
• Elements of Setting
• Effective Settings
• Imagery
• Mood/Atmosphere

Irony (6 questions)

• Basic irony
• Verbal irony
• Situational irony
• Dramatic irony

Point of View (6 questions)

• Basic definition
• First-person
• Third-person limited
• Third-person omniscient
• Narrator/writer

Theme (3 questions)

• Basic definition
• Power of theme
• What theme reveals

Imagery (3 questions)

• Basic definition
• Appeal to sense
• Description and associated feeling

Figures of Speech (4 questions)

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Implied metaphor
• Personification

Symbolism (3 questions)

• Basic definition
• Common symbols

Tone (3 questions)

• How it relates to author
• How the reader determines tone
• Example

I hope this works well in your classroom. You can use this test after completing a short story or other literature unit in which you teach literary elements.

Please see preview for a sneak peek!

Thanks,

Teacher in the Rye

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