Literary Elements #1
Refers to the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
The main character of a story, novel, or play.
What is the protagonist?
A person who tells the story.
What is Narrator?
This literary element is used when authors use details to teach use about a character.
Hint: Ch____
What is characterization.
Shine bright like a diamond - Rihanna
This quote is an example of which literary element?
What is simile.
The character in conflict with the Protagonist.
What is Antagonist?
This literary element gives objects human/person characteristics.
What is personification.
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is a conflict?
You snore louder than a freight train.
This is an example of what literary element.
Hint: Are they comparing anything here?
What is metaphor, hyperbole, imagery.
Her words were as sharp as a knife.
Which literary element is used here?
What is a simile.
This literary element is the overall idea, lesson or message throughout the reading.
Ex: judgement, revenge, love
What is theme.
a figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as."
What is a simile?
Creates implicit comparisons without the express use of “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices.
This is an example of which literary element?
Hint: Personification, characterization or irony.
What is irony.
New York City is the city that never sleeps.
What literary element is this an example of?
What is hyperbole.
Refers to the central, deeper meaning of a written work.
What is theme?
This literary element is an extreme exaggeration.
Example: NYC is the city that never sleeps.
What is hyperbole.
What are the two types of conflict?
Hint: In_____ & Ex_____
What is internal and external.
My head's under water but I'm breathing fine. - John Legend (All of Me)
This is an example of what literary element?
What is irony.
The pencil is dancing across my paper.
This is an example of....?
What is personification.
This literary element reflects the writer's attitude towards a subject/audience/character.
Hint: Theme, tone or conflict
What is tone.
Imagery is when the author uses descriptive language to describe the setting/character.
A literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
What is irony?
The American flag, the Nike swoosh and the peace sign are all example of...?
What is Symbolism.
Who is your favorite speech teacher? :)
Mrs. D'Elia :)))