Common Core Literary Pre/Post test

Is a story handed down from the past about a specific person usually someone of heroic accomplishments.

Hints or suggestions that may surround unfamiliar words or phrases and clarify their meaning.

A contemporary story that is told in many versions around the world.

A writing that tells an imaginary story.

The struggle or problem in a story: man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. self, man vs. nature, man vs. fate.

The mood of the story.

Contains mysterious and often supernatural events.

Contemporary fiction that is set in the past.

Is a humorously exaggerated story about impossivle events with the main character having extraordinary abilities.

A character that changes only a little or not at all.

Refers to the events in a story that move the plot forward and involves conflict and complications and usually builds toward a climax, or turning point.

When one event brings about another event or response.

The place and time a story occurs.

Is prose writing in which a writer explores unexpected possibilities of the past or the future by using scientific data and theories as well as his or her imagination.

The use of clues or hints suggesting an event that will occur later.

The series of related events that make up the story.

The contents of teh book are shown in a table and usually appears at the beginning of the book and lists chapter and section titles and the page where each begins.

The order in which events occur or in which ideas are presented.

Using what you know to guess what might happen.

Imaginative writing set in the real, modern world.

Is a brief work of fiction that can generally be read in one sitting.

Author's pupose for writing the story; the point he or she is trying to make.

The high point of action in a story.

The perspective from which a story is told. !st person-the story is told by one of the characters. 3rd person limited omniscient-the narrator knows the thoughts and feeling of only one character. 3rd person objective-the narrator remains neutral or unemotional.

A central idea that a writer wishes to express.

A character that changes significantly.

A type or category of literature.

The contrast between expectation and reality.