Literary Elements
Name the element
Literary Techniques
Name the technique
Anything goes!
100
The logical sequence of events that develops a story.
What is plot?
100
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl back in the end.
What is a plot.
100
A comparison of 2 unlike things using words such as "like," "as," "so," and "than."
What is a simile?
100
Curiosity killed the cat.
What is an idiom?
100

It costs an arm and a leg.

What is an idiom?

200
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene
What is the setting?
200
Exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
200
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.
What is a simile?
200
I’m so hungry I could eat a cow.
What is hyperbole?
300
An issue around which a story takes place.
What is the conflict?
300
A disagreement between 2 friends over which game to play.
What is a conflict.
300
A figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human qualities.
What is personification?
300
"Cause, baby, you're a firework. Come on, show 'em what you're worth."
What is a metaphor?
300

Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss: This story about a turtle who yearns for too much power is actually an allegory about Adolf Hitler and the evils of totalitarianism.

What is an allegory.

400
A central idea or concept of a story.
What is the theme?
400
Abbott: Strange as it may seem, they give ball players nowadays very peculiar names. Costello: Funny names? Abbott: Nicknames, nicknames. Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who’s on first, What’s on second, I Don’t Know is on third– Costello: That’s what I want to find out. I want you to tell me the names of the fellows on the St. Louis team. Abbott: I’m telling you. Who’s on first, What’s on second, I Don’t Know is on third– Costello: You know the fellows’ names? Abbott: Yes. Costello: Well, then who’s playing first? Abbott: Yes. Costello: I mean the fellow’s name on first base. Abbott: Who. Costello: The fellow playin’ first base. Abbott: Who. Costello: The guy on first base. Abbott: Who is on first. Costello: Well, what are you askin’ me for?
What is dialogue?
400
A world in which everything is imperfect and everything goes terribly wrong.
What is dystopia?
400
If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right."
What is bandwagon?
400
The wind howled.
What is personification?
500
The atmosphere of a piece of writing that brings out emotions in a reader.
What is the mood?
500
The following quote could be said to have a patriotic one: “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.”
What is tone?
500
A narrative that introduces characters and events that represent something else.
What is allegory?
500
Good examples of this are "The Hunger Games" and "The Giver."
What is a dystopia?
500

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

What is anthropomorphism?

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