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Literary Elements
Character Traits
Figurative Language
Writing
Other Stuff
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The writer's attitude towards his or her audience and subject
What is Tone
100
A character fighting their own morals or ideals
What is Internal Conflict
100
Descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader
What is Imagery
100
Writing or speech that explains, informs, or presents information
What is Expository
100
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
What is Personification
200
Central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
What is Theme
200
When you learn about a character through conversations, actions, and other characters
What is Indirect Characterization
200
Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses
What is Sensory Language
200
Narrative technique that presents thoughts as if they were coming directly from a character's mind
What is Stream of Consciousness
200
Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else throughout a large section or entire text
What is Extended Metaphor
300
The time and place of the action
What is setting
300
A character who changes throughout the story
What is Round Character
300
Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement often used for comic effect
What is Hyperbole
300
The ordinary form of written language
What is Prose
300
Idea that a word calls to mind in addition to the dictionary meaning
What is Connotation
400
The sequence of events in a literary work
What is Plot
400
The character is fighting with someone or something else
What is Direct Characterization
400
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
400
Poem that tells a story in verse
What is Narrative Poem
400
Process of analyzing a poem's metrical pattern
What is Scansion
500
Contrast between what is stated and what is meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
What is Irony
500
The character stays the same throughout the story
What is Flat Character
500
The repetition of vowel sounds in conjunction with dissimilar consonant sounds
What is Assonance
500
Writing that compares or contrasts two or more ideas
What is Compare Contrast
500
Poetry that lacks a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
What is Free Verse