Literary Elements
The time and place that a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The character that is the main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
The rhythmical pattern of a poem, consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is meter?
With this type of figurative language something non-human is granted human qualities or characteristics.
What is personification?
When the reader knows more than the characters in a story
What is dramatic irony?
What is narrative point of view?
Speech and actions, inner thoughts and feelings, physical appearance, and the opinions of others may each be used for this.
What is characterization?
When rhyme occurs within a line of poetry.
This type of comparison uses the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This term refers to readers' reactions to a literary work, based upon social values, historical/cultural context, etc. Over time, the reactions can change.
What is reception?
What is third person point of view?
This type of character does not experience growth.
What is a flat character?
When a line of poetry is not end-stopped, and the unit of thought or sentence continues on to the next line.
What is enjambment?
A direct comparison between two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
These are the details in a story that are not directly stated or explained. Instead, the reader must infer, drawing upon the information available within the story.
What is subtext?
This explains why characters take certain actions or hold certain viewpoints. [It starts with "m."]
What is motivation?
This type of character is not a main character in a work of literature.
What is a minor character?
A pause or a stop at the end of a line of poetry. Usually this is indicated by some form of punctuation such as a period or comma.
When the first letters of words in a line of poetry begin with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
An imperfect rhyme--sometimes referred to as a "half rhyme"--wherein the final consonants of words match but the vowels do not.
What is slant rhyme?
In a work of drama, these perform similar functions to narration in a prose text.
What are stage directions?
This type of character changes over the course of a story. The change could be represented as a change perspective or values, based upon the events that have unfolded in the story.
What is a dynamic character?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
When a literary work includes a reference to another work of art or literature.
What is an allusion?
This term refers to the attitude expressed within a piece of writing.
What is tone?