Literary Devices/ Narrative Elements

Knowledge is the key to success.

"The boy's cannonball made a huge splash!"

Point of View: She was the best basketball player on the team.

The villain or person who fights against the hero of a story is the:

As soon as I changed into my new white shirt, I spilled food on it and said, "Oh, how wonderful!"

Words or the use of words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, u.e. "boom" or "splash."

The practice of giving human traits to nonhumans in writing. "The fire danced" is an example.

 Figures of speech that compare two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as.’

Exaggeration or overstatement, not meant to be taken literally.

Type of Conflict: Student struggles to decide which college to attend.

A story that relates a clear sequence of events over time. 

"Harry Potter," "The Hunger Games," and "The Cat in the Hat" are examples of:

An indirect reference to something, meant to call it to mind without mentioning it by name.

The hero or heroine of the story is the:

Point of View: I love to walk in the woods in the evenings.

You are as beautiful as a summer's day.

Writing that is based on imaginative events or stories that did not really happen. 

The wind gently wiped my tears away.

"You're being such an Eeyore," my friend said when I wouldn't go out with her.

"Titanic" and the "I Survived" series are examples of:

Point of View: Add 1/3 tablespoon of sugar and stir. Make sure you stir out all clumps.

A figure of speech that compares two different things without using the words “like” or “as”

The events that occur within the story are the:

Type of Conflict: A group of teens are stuck in a cave that has started flooding.

Writing that is based on real facts.

Type of Conflict: Batman fights against Joker.

Type of Conflict: A small group of students go to the school committee to fight unfair lunch prices.

Your Biology textbook and a biography about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are examples of:

I waited eternity for the class to end.