Literary Elements 1
Literary Elements 2
Literary Elements 3
Literary Elements 4
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The perspective from which a text is told
What is Point of view
100
The locations or time period of the text
What is Setting
100
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is Simile
100
The writers attitude towards the characters in the text
What is Tone
200
A thing, event, or person that represents or stands for some idea or event
What is a symbol
200
A method the author using the develop the character in a text
What is Characterization
200
A comparison of two or more unlike things that are often not related.
What is a metaphor
200
The use of images often in a figurative language to create a sensory impression.
What is Imagery
300
A universal idea or message in a work to develop the course of the story
What is Theme
300
A system of actions represented in a dramatic or narrative work
What is Plot
300
An exaggeration used to heighten the effect of the text
What is a hyperbole.
300
Giving an inanimate object, animal or idea, human traits or qualities.
What is Personification
400
The atmosphere the author creates by the writers word choice
What is Mood
400
A word or phrase used two or more times
What is Repetition
400
An indirect reference to something in which the reader is expected to be familiar with.
What is Allusion.
400
When a reader is aware of a reality that differs from the characters reality
What is Irony
500
Specific word choice as a particular element of style, word arrangement
What is Diction
500
The repetition of close or identical consonant sounds.
What is Alliteration
500
Representations of serious actions which turn out disasterously
What is Tradegy
500
Deliberately representing something as much less than it really is.
What is Understatement
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