Literary Device / Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Figurative Language 3
Figurative Language 4
Figurative Language 5
100
I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.
hyperbole
100
You are the sun, moon, and stars to me.
metaphor
100

Literary reference to a familiar person or thing. Ex: You are a bunch of Einsteins

Allusion

100

  • word or row of words that may or may not form a complete sentence.

Line

100

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject

Ode

200

The tree branches danced in the wind.

personification

200

a reflection of the poet’s attitude toward the subject of a poem.

Tone

200

Author's own account of his/her life own life

Autobiography

200

repetition of the same stressed vowel sound

rhyme

200

  • “Dear Mama” by 2Pac, “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyoncé, and “I’m a Survivor” by Reba McEntire are all examples of this

Ode

300
The drums were like a thunderstorm.
simile
300

Sequence of events in a story

Plot

300

Direct conversation between characters in a story

Dialogue

300

The lesson learned in a story

Moral

300

  • "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You" by Elvis Presley, “Thinking out Loud” by Ed Sheeran, or “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers are all examples of this

Ballad

400

Story where the main character (Protagonist) dies.

Tragedy
400

Main character in a story (usually a good guy)

Protagonist

400

  • The choice of words by an author or poet.

  • Diction

400

group of lines forming a unit.

Stanza

400

The main idea or point of a story. 

Theme

500

The ordinary language people use in speaking and in writing

Prose

500

    • a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language.

Poetry

500

Person working against the main character or hero of a story

Antagonist

500

Once upon a time...

Exposition or Setting

500

Story of a person's life written by someone else

Biography

600

The problem in a story: Ex. Man vs Nature

Conflict

600

Person telling the story

Narrator

600

An event from the past presented in the present; out of order in a story

Flashback

600

Most of the time love related

Sonnet

600

An author giving hints or clues about what will happen later in a story


Foreshadowing

700

Ex. It's raining cats and dogs

idiom

700

The emotions or feelings of a story (happy, sad, suspenseful...)

Mood

700

Words chosen to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind.

Imagery

700

a song or poem that tells a story

ballad

700

I, too, sing America.


I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.


Tomorrow,

I’ll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody’ll dare

Say to me,

“Eat in the kitchen,”

Then.


Besides,

They’ll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed—


I, too, am America.


How many stanzas are in this poem?

5

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