Literary Elements

Writing that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action.

"You are as beautiful as a rose" is an example of...

Using an item to respresent something else.

Speech by one character in a play, story, or poem.

Saying one thing but meaning something else.

I am so hungry, I could eat twenty burgers!

A speaker or character who tells a story.

Author's attitude and feelings about what he or she is writing.

The conversation between characters.

Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people.

The verses in a poem...

In a story, something that is used to represent something else.

Form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.

Lesson taught by a literary work.

"You are a beautiful rose" is an example of....

Be quiet! Be quiet and sit down! is an example of..

A category or type of literature.

Hints that tell what will happen in a story.

Sequence of events in a literary work.

Brief work of fiction.

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.

The use of words that imitate sounds.

The time and place of the action.

"Wow, you got an "F" on the test; you certainly are a terrific student" is an example of....

Looking back at past events in a story....

The fire crackled as it engulfed the house.

A portion of the text is called....

A figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.

A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event.

Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses.

A long work of fiction.

Reader's attitude and feelings about what he or she is writing.

Use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

The descriptive/figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader.

The outline of the story.

Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.

A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

Three-line verse form.

A central point of the literary work.

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

A gross exaggeration.

A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty abou the outcome of events in a literary work.

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

A poem that tells a story.

General term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality.

A  comparsion that uses as or like...

Reason that explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way.

A short speech delivered by an actor in a play, expressing the character's thoughts.

Writing that tells a story.

Struggle between opposing forces.