Literary Elements
what literary element has to do with exciting, or turning point in a story where the main character finally confronts the primary conflict
Climax
His smile was as bright as the sun.
Simile
That's the most sensible thing you've said all day
Makai runs like the wind what literary device is this?
Simile
what literary elements has to do with refers to the specific time and geographic location where a story takes place.
Setting
His voice is music to her ears.
Metaphor
In high school, I scrawled lyrics in my physics workbook, murmuring the lines
In a hurry/carry
Makai's earing's are diamond's, what type of literary device is this?
Metaphor
what lterary element has to do with the organized sequence of events that make up a story, functioning as a roadmap that explains not just what happens, but how and why those events occur.
Plot
I haven't played basketball in a thousand years! what type of literary device is this?
Hyperbole
I told him what had happened, but I didn't get much sympathy
Feelings of sorrow
I haven't played basketball in a thousand years! what type of literary device is this?
Hyperbole
what literary element has to do with experiencing the full spectrum of life including pain and loss is essential for true humanity and freedom.
Theme
My alarm clock shouts out at me every morning
The city never sleeps!, what type of literary device is this?
Personification
The system was safely depressurized before maintenance began.
To let up on the force of something.
My alarm clock shouts out at me every morning
The city never sleeps!, what type of literary device is this?
Personification
what literary element has to do with, that involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, such as in the classic tongue twister
Alliteration
He's a real Romeo with the ladies, what type of literary device is this?
Allusion
His memoir is filled with fond retrospection about his childhood.
Looking back
He's a real Romeo with the ladies, what type of literary device is this?
Allusion