Literary Elements #1
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is Setting?
A struggle between 2 forces is an example of?
What is Conflict?
The main idea of a story.
What is Theme?
A story in which a character comes to an unhappy end
What is Tragedy?
The main character of a story.
What is Protagonist?
A figure of speech in which something not human is described as if it were human.
What is Personification?
The conversation between two or more characters.
What is Dialogue?
Man vs. Self is one example of.
What is Internal Conflict?
A person, animal, or inanimate object that drives the story forward.
What is Character?
"It's raining cats and dogs!"
What is the Figurative Language being used in the sentence above?
(Double points opportunity!)
What is an Idiom?
Remember, an idiom is a phrase whose meaning is different from the actual words used.
A figure of speech using the words "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
The perspective from which a story is being told.
What is Point of View?
The solution or outcome of a problem.
What is a resolution?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things by saying one thing is another.
Example: "Time is money."
What is a Metaphor?
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
What is a Hyperbole?
The feeling or atmosphere a reader gets from a story.
What is Mood?
This literary device repeats the same beginning sound in nearby words, like "Sally sells seashells by the seashore"
What is Alliteration?
This character undergoes an important change from the beginning to the end of the story.
What is a Dynamic Character?
This stage of plot occurs immediately after the highest point of literary action.
What is Falling Action?
This literary device occurs when what happens is different from what you expect to happen.
Example: A firefighter's house catches on fire.
What is Irony?
A major character who opposes/goes against the protagonist, or main character in a story.
What is an Antagonist?
The use of descriptive language that helps the reader imagine how something looks, smells, sounds, etc...
What is Imagery?
A technique used by authors where they give clues about something that will happen later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
How an author creates a character: What a character says, does, or thinks. What other characters feel about a character. What the narrator tells us about a character.
What is Characterization?
In the sentence, "The leaves rustled and the thunder rumbled as the rain went splat against the window," the words "rustled," "rumbled," and "splat" demonstrate this literary device.