Literary Elements #1
Refers to the environment (time, place, weather, mood, etc.) in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
The main character of a story, novel, or play.
What is the protagonist?
A person who tells the story.
Who is the Narrator?
The end of a narrative.
What is denouement OR resolution?
A repeating consonant sound at the beginning of words. Ex: The busy bee buzzed and bounced around.
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
The point of view in which the narrator is telling the story from their own perspective.
What is First Person Point of View?
The author or narrator’s attitude toward the topic; the mood; can change throughout a piece.
What is tone?
Refers to the central, deeper meaning of a written work.
What is theme?
A figure of speech pairing two contradictory or opposite terms, often used to create dramatic, ironic, or poetic effects
Ex: "There was a deafening silence as Macy walked into the cafeteria."
What is an oxymoron?
A third person narrator who knows the thoughts/feelings/interiority of every character.
What is a omniscient third person.
A figure of speech in which two objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as."
What is a simile?
A figure of speech that creates direct comparisons without the use of “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
When the author uses words to appeal to the senses and create an image in the reader's mind.
What is descriptive language or imagery?
The word choice of the author that helps establish the tone of a text.
What is diction?
Information revealed about a character through dialogue or interactions with other characters.
What is indirect characterization?
Used to provide beginning, essential information for characters, plot, and other narrative elements.
What is exposition?
When an object represents something else. Ex: Roses represent love.
What is a symbol/symbolism?
When the tension of conflict reaches its highest, most intense point
What is climax?
When the reader gets a hint about what might happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
The character in opposition with the Protagonist.
What is Antagonist?
When you give human traits to non-living things. Ex: The wind whispered to me.
What is personification?
When an author makes a reference to a well-known figure, event, or piece of literature.
Ex. He is the Romeo to my Juliet.
What is allusion?
A narrative POV that observes outward action only
Who is a Third Person Objective Narrator?
What is the name of Mrs. Trainer's daughter?
What is an Harper?