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Literary Literary
Elements I Elements II
A kind of figurative language
that cannot be understood
by its literal meaning.
(Ex: “It’s raining cats and dogs”)
What is an idiom?
A comparison of two things
that does not use like or as;
often uses a form of the verb be.
What is a metaphor?
A technique which gives
nonhuman things human qualities.
What is personification?
A comparison of two things
that uses the words like or as.
What is a simile?
The feeling a reader gets
from the story.
What is mood?
Repetition of the first consonant
sound in a word series.
What is alliteration?
A word whose sound makes
you think of its meaning.
(i.e., buzz, swish)
What is onomatopoeia?
Repeating the first consonant
sound in a word series.
What is repetition?
The occurrence of the same or
similar sounds at the end of two
or more words, or a line of poetry.
What is a rhyme?
Division in a poem named for the
number of lines it contains.
What is a stanza?
A story that features gods and
goddesses and explains events
in nature and old story.
What is a myth?
A kind of fictional writing
that teaches a moral lesson, or
argues in favor of a behavior.
What is a fable?
A story written about a historical
periods; often includes wellresearched historical truths..
What is historical fiction?
A story meant to be performed
by actors and includes dialogue
and stage directions.
What is a drama?
Literary work NOT based on fact.
What is fiction?
Point of view in which the
narrator knows the thoughts
of only one character.
What is third-person limited
point of view?
Using one thing to represent
something else.
What is symbolism?
The main part of the story where
characters try to solve the conflict.
What is rising action?
A clash between
characters in a story.
What is character conflict?
Point of view in which the
narrator knows the thoughts of
two or more characters.
What is third-person
omniscient point of view?
A brief description of a selection.
What is a summary?
A text structure that tells
what happened and why.
What is cause and effect?
The reason an author is writing.
What is the author’s purpose?
A broad statement that does
not take details into account.
What is a generalization?
A guess about what is
happening in a story or article.
What is an inference?