Elements of Literature: Part II

The repeating of two or more words with similar sounds

Not literal language

The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells what the character is like

A literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule

Poetry that does not have rhyme or meter

The repeating of a word or a phrase to emphasize an idea.

Something in the story that has its own meaning but suggests other meanings as well.

The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

When the words and actions of the characters have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters

The series of events that builds up to the climax

The ordinary way of writing using sentences and paragraphs

The main character with the problem

The narrator is an all knowing outsider who can see into the minds of more than one character

The repeating of beginning consonant sounds

The relationship between the narrator and the story

A very short and often humorous personal story used to illustrate a point

The total feeling of a story

The narrator (I) is a character in the story

A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning

When the writer reveals a character through description of a character's looks & the character's thoughts and feelings

The narrator is an outsider who tells only what he/she sees and hears (or sometimes the thoughts and feelings of one)

A reference to something previous in literature or history

Something that adds to the sound element of a poem

The problem in a story

.The use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning

A positive or negative feeling that a word's definition implies

The reason why a character acts the way he or she does.

The way an author writes

A quality or aspect of a character's personality