Literary Elements
When an author uses the characters thoughts, words, or actions to help the reader learn more about the character.
What is Characterization?
A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions
What is conflict?
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word
What is antonym?
a device where an object is used to represent an idea
What is symbolism?
an exaggeration or overstatement
What is a hyperbole?
The message or lesson from a work.
Theme
A written account of another person's life
What is biography?
langauge used to appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
The perspective in which the a narrator tells a story and knows all.
What is third-person omniscient?
The emotions a work evokes.
What is mood?
The turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense.
What is climax?
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning
What is connotation?
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event
What is allusion?
The attitude of the author
What is tone?
the time and place of a story
What is setting?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
the repetition of sounds, typically at the end of a line
What is rhyme?
The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison are used
What is metaphor?
The author's intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not do something
What is Author's Purpose
Words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
What are context clues?
An extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself.
What is allegory?