Basic Literary Elements
Advanced Literary Elements
Poetry Terms
Parts of Speech
Homonyms
100
The act of creating or developing a character.
Characterization
100
Giving non-human subjects human traits
Personification
100
A grouping of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph
Stanza
100
A person, place or thing
Noun
100
"I have to many homework assignments tonight." Correct the mistake
Change "to" to "too"
200
A direct comparison NOT using like or as
Metaphor
200
A hint of events to come in literature
Foreshadowing
200
The pattern of rhyme in a poem
Rhyme scheme
200
An action word; describes what is happening
Verb
200
"Go do your homework!" Is this sentence correct?
Yes!
300
A conclusion based on what the author suggests. Also known as "reading between the lines"
Inference
300
Indirect reference to a famous person or event
Allusion
300
A pair of lines of verse that rhyme
Couplet
300
"Him," "her," "I," and "it" are all examples of this part of speech
Pronouns
300
"You have to go pick up you're brother from school." Correct the mistake in this sentence
Change "you're" to "your"
400
Explain the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist.
The protagonist is the "good guy," the antagonist is the "bad guy."
400
Use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning
Onomatopoeia
400
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Free verse
400
"Johnny quickly climbed up the tall, sturdy tree." What two words in this sentence are adjectives?
Tall and sturdy
400
Explain the difference between "then" and "than."
Then - signifies the next event (Ex: I have to go to the bank and then I'll be home) Than - used for comparison (Ex: I like apples better than grapes)
500
The feeling or atmosphere that the author creates
Mood
500
Two important elements put side-be-side so that the reader can see how different they are.
Juxtoposition
500
Highly musical verse that expresses emotions and observations of a single speaker
Lyric Poem
500
"Kevin Durant effortlessly jumped higher than his defender and made an easy layup"." Find the adverbs.
Effortlessly, higher
500
Explain the difference between there, their, and they're.
There - Refers to a place (Ex: Look, over there!) Their - Refers to possession (Ex: They rode their bikes to school) They're - Contraction of "they" and "are" (Ex: They're going home to do homework)
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