Literary Elements
Irony and Foreshadowing
What is the exposition?
Introduction of the characters and setting
What are the 4 important elements of poetry?
Form, rhythm, rhyme, figurative language
What is personification?
An inanimate object is given human qualities
What 3 things make a sentence complete (content not punctuation)
Has a subject, action, and expresses a complete thought
What is the definition of dramatic irony?
When the reader knows information that characters in the story do not
Which type of irony occurs when a character says something that is the opposite of what they mean? (sarcasm, understatement, overstatement)
Verbal Irony
What is the inciting incident?
The moment in the story that the conflict begins
lines, stanzas
What is Allusion?
A purposeful reference to another work
What is a conjunction?
A word that connects words, phrases or ideas
The main conflict in MDG was Zaroff hunting Rainsford. What type of conflict is that?
External
Which type of irony is this:
In the movie Finding Nemo Marlin and Dory meet some sharks. Instead of eating them, the sharks invite Marlin and Dory to their meeting where they discuss being friends with fish instead of eating them.
Situational Irony
Internal and external conflict. Internal is inside a character's mind, against themselves, and external is against something outside of themselves.
When a poem has an organized pattern of rhyme it is called what?
Rhyme scheme
What is hyperbole?
Intentional exaggeration not meant to be taken literally
Is the following statement a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Nobody wants to sit next to Sally she smells bad.
Run-On Sentence
Which type of figurative language is this
America is supposed to have a government of the people, by the people, for the people
Repetition
What is foreshadowing?
When an author hints at something that will happen later in the story
What is the climax?
The high intensity point of the conflict. The turning point of the story from conflict to resolution
The flow or beat of the poem is called what?
Rhythm
What makes alliteration and repetition different? How are they the same?
Both alliteration and repetition involve the same thing getting repeated (used more than once). Alliteration is when just the beginning sound is repeated, while repetition is when the entire word/phrase/line is repeated.
Is the following statement a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Hockey playoffs tomorrow at 4 PM.
Fragment
What is the definition of the word theme?
The broader life lesson or message the author is trying to get across with the story
Which type of irony is this?
In the movie Toy Story, the viewer knows the toys come to life, but Andy and Bonnie do not. So, when any human walks into the room the toys have to “play dead”
Dramatic Irony
Put the 6 plot elements in the correct order
Exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
What is figurative language?
A type of writing that does not use the literal, realistic definitions of words
What makes similes and metaphors different? How are they the same?
They both compare 2 unlike things. Similes use the work like or as but metaphors do not.
What punctuation is missing from this sentence and where does it go?
Because Hercules a famous hero in Greek mythology was known to be very strong people today may refer to a difficult job as a “Herculean” task
Because Hercules, a famous hero in Greek mythology, was known to be very strong, people today may refer to a difficult job as a “Herculean” task.
Which type of figurative language is this
the crimson apple glistened in her hand
Imagery