Literary Elements #1
Literary Elements #2
Literary Elements #3
Literary Elements #4
Literary Elements #4
100

A comparison between two UNLIKE things without using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

100

A change in tone, shift, or perspective 

Shift

100

Contrast between expectation and reality is what type of irony?

Situational

100

A brief reference to a character or even that appears later

Foreshadowing


100

A poetic form with no regular rhyme or meter

Free Verse

200
A comparison using "like" or as"

Similie

200

The organization of a text, including how ideas are arranged

Structure

200

When the reader knows something a character does not is what type of irony

Dramatic

200

The pattern of end sounds in a poem

Rhyme Scheme

200

The choice and use of words in a text

Diction

300

Giving human qualities to non-human things

Personification

300

Language that appeals specifically to sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell

Imagery

300

A reference to a well-known person, place or thing

Allusion

300

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Couplet

300

The use of contrasting ideas placed close together

Juxtaposition

400

When something represents a deeper meaning beyond its literal sense

Symbolism

400

Words with neutral, dictionary meaning

Denotation

400

Repetition of consonant sounds within words

Consonance

400

A 14 line poem

Sonnet 

400

A repeated phrase or line throughout a poem

Refrain

500

A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth 

Paradox

500

Words with emotional or cultural meaning attached

Connotation

500

Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words

Assonance

500

The turning point or shift in a poem (often in a sonnet)

volta

500
A break between stanzas of a poem 

stanza break