Lit Elements Defintions
Lit Elements Definitions 2
Figurative Language Defintions
Textual Examples
Miscellaneous
100
the time and place of a story
What is setting?
100
the problem in the story
What is the conflict?
100
the comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
Identify the following LITERARY ELEMENT. It was a cold, winter evening in January at the farmhouse.
What is setting?
100
Give the definition of diction.
What is word choice?
200
how characters are revealed in a text
What is characterization?
200
a word, person, place, or object that represents an idea or concept beyond what it means on a literal level
What is a symbol?
200
an extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
200
DIRECT or INDIRECT Characterization? Sally paddled violently through the choppy water after falling off of the boat. We know that Sally cannot swim because of this passage.
What is indirect characterization?
200
Give the definition of syntax.
What is word order?
300
the message in the story
What is theme?
300
when an author goes back in time to provide more details about the story
What is flashback?
300
the repetition of two or more words that start with the same letter and sound
What is alliteration?
300
Identify the following FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. The spaghetti was a tangled ball of yarn on his plate.
What is a metaphor?
300
the fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that makes an author's writing unique
What is voice?
400
when the author hints at something that will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
400
the series of events that make up a story
What is plot?
400
when inanimate objects or ideas are given human characteristics or qualities
What is personification?
400
Identify the mood in the following passage. The wolves close behind, unable to stop, and as unable to turn on smooth ice, slipped and fell, still going on far ahead. Their tongues were lolling out, their white tusks were gleaming from their bloody mouths, their dark shaggy breasts were flecked with foam; and as they passed me their eyes glared, and they howled with fury.
What is frantic, exciting, frightening, etc.?
400
Identify the three parts of a thesis statement.
What is topic, opinion, and main ideas?
500
the feeling that the reader gets from the story
What is mood?
500
the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
What is irony (situational)?
500
a direct comparison
What is a metaphor?
500
Identify the type of conflict. In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," Mitty gets yelled at for driving into the exit of the parking garage.
What is Person vs. Person?
500
Give the definition of parallel structure.
What is using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance?
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