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Literary Elements 1
Literary Elements 2
Irony
Plot Structure
Point of View
100
This is the main point and the principle ideas of the story.
What is theme?
100
A direct comparison.
What is a metaphor?
100
A dramatic overstatement.
What is irony?
100
Background information about the setting, characters, etc.
What is exposition.
100
The story is presented with the storyteller using the word "I".
What is first person?
200
People, forces, or ideas that oppose each other, making the story more interesting.
What is conflict?
200
The way a writer chooses to arrange his or her sentences, contributing to the overall effect of how he or she writes.
What is style?
200
Words intentionally used with two different meanings in mind.
What is double entendre?
200
The moment in the story in which the main conflict first presents itself.
What is complication?
200
Third person pronouns are used and the narration has insight into the feelings and thoughts of all characters.
What is third person omniscient?
300
Using concrete specific objects to represent abstract ideas.
What is symbolism.
300
The audience or another character knows information that another character does NOT know.
What is dramatic irony?
300
The moment when the principle character realizes he or she must make a decision.
What is crisis?
300
Third person pronouns are used and limited to the perspective of one character.
What is third person limited omniscient?
400
Comparisons that add layers to a poem or story.
What is figurative language?
400
The time and place in which a story exists.
What is setting.
400
The events of the story have a double meaning.
What is situational irony?
400
The moment when the character makes a decision and acts on it.
What is climax?
400
The only information the reader/audience receives is from what the characters say and do.
What is third person dramatic?
500
The author's attitude towards the subject matter which is meant to project feeling.
What is tone?
500
A reference to another literary or cultural event.
What is an allusion?
500
Sometimes referred to as fate, the universe seems to put a person into a good or bad situation beyond their control.
What is cosmic irony?
500
The portion of the story where everything comes together.
What is resolution?
500
The narrator is limited to one type and conveys information to the reader of which he or she is unaware.
What is unreliable narrator?