Literary Element Flashcards
Characterization
How a author reveals a characters personality and makes them feel life like
Tone
The attitude of the author or mood of a story shown through characters and their actions
Metaphor
A comparison between 2 things to show detail
Foreshadowing
When the author uses clues or gives info about what will happen later
Plot
The subject of a story or sequence of events
Irony
Contrast between what seems to be and what really is
Symbolism
An object of picture used to represent a complex idea
Imagery
Using descriptive words to make a picture in the readers mind
Theme
A statement about an idea the author is making through the characters and plot
Hyperbole
An extreme exageration
Oxymoron
Use of two contradicting words or ideas together
Allusion
Referring to another literary work
Antagonist
The character who faces the protagonist
Protagonist
A hero or main character in a story
personification
Giving human qualities to nonliving things
Onomatopoeia
Use of words to describe sounds
Setting
Location or time period Of the story
First person point of view
When a story is told through the eyes of someone in the story
Third person point of view
Told by someone outside the story
Motif
A object or idea that is repeated in a story
Simile
A comparison between ideas using like or as
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound
