Literary Elements #1
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
a struggle between 2 forces
What is conflict?
A version of a language spoken in a particular place.
What is dialect?
story that deals with mischievous spirits and supernatural events, often in medieval settings
What is a fairy tale?
"Time is money."
What is metaphor?
A figure of speech in which something not human is described as if it were human.
What is personification
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about it as if it were another.
What is metaphor?
A brief story told to teach a moral lesson.
What is a parable?
Man vs. self is one example
What is conflict?
the words 'taint, ast, and lil from John Henry
What is dialect?
A person, animal, or inanimate object that drives the story forward.
What is character.
a figure of speech using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
stands for or represents itself and something else.
What is symbol?
a type of character that exhibits complex traits associated with actual human beings.
What is a 3 dimensional character?
Goha explained that "overnight the pot went into labor and gave birth to a nice, shiny, little pot."
What is personification?
the difference between appearance and reality
What is irony?
the author's purpose or goal
What is aim?
a character that is found again and again in different literary works.
What is a stock character?
The passing of stories, poems, and songs by word of mouth from person to person.
What is oral tradition?
Once upon a time in the medieval kingdom of Florin, there lived a beautiful princess...form The Princess Bride
What is setting?
the act of presenting materials that hint at events to occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A vivid mental picture created in the reader's mind through language.
What is imagery?
any recurring element, idea, or concept that has symbolic value.
What is motif?
stories from the past, often based on real events or characters from older times.
What are legends?
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail~ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
What is simile?