Literary Elements

This is the quality that keeps a reader turning pages, wanting to know what will happen next.

This nonfiction writing is an account of a person's life written by someone else.

This fictional writing contains characters and events that could not exist in real life at all.

This type of fiction writing uses science and technology to create extraordinary plots.

This is a person, place, event, or object that suggests a deeper meaning than its literal meaning.

A struggle that a character must overcome in a story is called what?

This is a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

A written record of a person's experiences and thoughts. It is usually updated every day or every few days.

Which type of essay attempts to convince readers to agree with the writer's opinion?

A twist of fate or a contradiction between what is said and what is meant is called what?

The central idea or lesson about life that an author conveys in a piece of literature.

A written record of the past that may include people, politics, economics, and culture.

This is the feeling a reader gets from the story.

This refers to who is telling a story. Authors use two main types in most literature, first and third.

A character is a person in a story. What term refers to the creation and development of a character?

What is writing based on facts?

This type of fiction writing is based on actual people, events, or periods in history, but could have made-up stuff.

Which type of essay presents facts and explains them in detail?

This is a type of writing in which the meaning and sound of words are extremely important.

What do you call the words characters say to one another in a story?

This nonfiction writing is an account of a person's life written by that person.

What is writing from an author's imagination and usually intended to entertain?

This is a comparison of two unlike things stated like a fact. It does NOT include the words like or as.

The story line, or events that occur in a story make this.

When and where the action of a story takes place is called what?