Literary Elements
A literary device that writers utilize as a means to indicate or hint to readers something that is going to happen or appear later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
A genre that is set in the modern present with human characters. This type of story may not have happened, but it could possibly happen.
What is realistic fiction?
A comparison of unlike things that do not use like or as to describe how dissimilar objects, people, or things are.
What is a metaphor?
The most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist; a turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
What are lines?
This is usually used at the beginning of a story to provide essential backstory for characters, plot, and other narrative elements.
What is the exposition?
A genre that is set in the past and may include real people, places, or significant events from history
What is historical fiction?
a comparison that uses the words like or as
What is a simile?
A repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words
What is consonance?
Rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem
What are end rhymes?
The author interrupts the story to describe an event that already happened.
What is a flashback?
A genre that is set in the future and based on the impact of real, potential, or imagined technology.
What is science fiction?
Words that sound like their meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of vowel sounds among words
What is assonance?
A grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line of space (sometimes referred to as a paragraph in a poem)
What is a stanza?
Events that follow the climax and lead down to the resolution.
The story of a person's life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
What is hyperbole?
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of the words.
What is alliteration?
The use of any element of language - a sound, word, or phrase more than once.
What is repetition?
What happens in a story; the chain of events that make up a story
What is the plot?
Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods.
What is mythology?
Using an object or word to represent an abstract idea
What is symbolism?
Vivid writing that appeals to our senses.
What is imagery?
The overall pattern of rhyme in a poem.
What is the rhyme scheme?