Literary Elements
What is the series of actions and events in a story?
Plot
What technique repeats words, phrases, or story elements?
Repetition
What is the author’s attitude toward a topic?
Tone
What compares two things using “like” or “as”?
Similie
What uses the five senses in writing?
Imagery
What is the time and place where a story happens?
Setting
What technique uses symbols to express ideas?
Symbolism
How does the reader feel from the writing?
Mood
What compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”?
Metaphor
Why is Imagery important to a story?
What is a struggle between opposing forces or characters?
Conflict
What technique makes use of creative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally?
When a story is told in the 1st person point of view, what pronoun is used?
I
What gives human characteristics to non-human objects?
Personification
It is important to understand the biography of an author because many authors write their stories based on ____?
What is the perspective from which a story is told?
Point of View
What is the technique that references common knowledge, religion, mythology, etc.?
Allusion
Who is the role of a narrator?
To tell the story
What device is an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
Why is setting important for the reader to know?
Helps the reader put the characters and events in context and use background knowledge for understaning
What is the central idea or message of a text?
Theme
What are literary techniques used for?
To give readers a greater understanding and appreciation of the story
Is tone about the author or the reader?
The author
What device is represented by this statement: "It is raining cats and dogs."
Name at least one other place we see the use of Literary devices/Rhetorical Techniques.