Literary Elements
This literary element refers to the central idea or message in a story.
Theme
identify the verb in this sentence "the dog barked loudly at the mailman.
This is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
This is an exaggerated statement used for effect, not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
what is a simile?
Identify the dependent clause: "Although it was raining, the game continued."
What is "Although it was raining"?
The pattern of end sounds in lines of poetry, often labeled with letters like ABAB or AABB.
This device repeats consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens is called this
What is irony?
The narrator's point of view when the story is told using "I" is called this.
What is first-person point of view?
What is the subject and verb in this sentence: "The students study hard for exams."
What is "students" (subject and "study" (verb)?
What is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
"Every day, every week, every month, and every year, my life follows the same old schedule."
What is "anaphora"?
Using an object or action to represent something deeper or more abstract is called this.
What is symbolism?
This type of clause can stand alone.
What is an independent clause?
This literary device gives human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.
What is personification?
Is this sentence a comma splice, run-on, or correct? "We went to the store, we bought snacks."
What is a comma splice?
Identify the rhyme scheme:
“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.”
What is "ABCB"?
This device uses words that imitate the natural sounds of things.
What is onomatopoeia?
Use the words to make a sentence containing a plural possessive: "Child" and "notebook".
What is "The children's notebooks are on the windowsill."?
This is the attitude or feeling a writer creates for the reader through their word choices and descriptions.
What is the mood?
Choose the correct contraction: " _______ going to the concert tonight." (They're/ Their, There)
What is "They're"?
This type of rhythm, often found in Shakespeare’s sonnets, consists of 10 syllables per line with a pattern of unstressed-stressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
A question asked for effect or to make a point, rather than to get an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
This error happens when two independent clauses are joined only by a comma: "She loves books, she reads every day."
What is a comma splice?