Literary Elements
The people and animals in a story
Where and when the story takes place
What are Characters?
What is setting?
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
Ex: I'm happy as a clam!
What is a simile?
A word that imitates the sound of what it describes
Ex: Boom! Pop! Crack! Ring!
What is onomatopoeia?
Text structure that helps authors explain what happened and why it happened
What is cause and effect?
Author's purpose
What is PIE (persuade, inform, and entertain)?
The main problem characters face in the story
How the conflict or problem is solved
What is conflict?
What is resolution?
A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another thing
Ex: You must be a walking encyclopedia to know all those facts.
What is metaphor?
A sound device used to repeat the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words
Ex: Sally sent Susan some samples of soup.
Text structure that helps authors describe how things are alike and different
What is compare and contrast?
The narrator is part of the story
What is first-person POV?
Conflict and Resolution
What is plot?
Exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are
Ex: I waited for 100 years!
What is hyperbole?
Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.
Ex: The moon follows me when I walk at night.
What is personification?
Text structure that helps authors explain events in order
What is sequence?
Narrator is outside the story
What is third-person POV?
Things that happen in a story
What are main events?
An expression that means something different from the meaning of its individual words
Ex: His heart was icy cold.
What is idiom?
Language that describes how something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes.
Ex: I bit into the juicy, sweet, green apple.
What is imagery?
What is comparison and contrast?
The main message, lesson, or moral of the text?
What is theme?
The pieces that make up a story
What are literary elements?
"Figures of speech" that compare, exaggerate, or mean something different from what is expected
What is figurative language?
Language that creates a special effect or feeling or makes a point
What is figurative language?
Authors choose this to best fit their purposes for writing a text
What is text structure?
Making and confirming predictions
What is before, during, and after reading?