Literary Elements Flashcards
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Alliteration
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
Symbol
A character that undergoes a change in actions or beliefs during the course of a story.
Dynamic Character
A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things without the use of like or as.
Metaphor
A character that does not grow or change throughout the story that ends as she/he began
Static Character
A group of words whose meaning as a group cannot be understood from the meanings of the individual words.
Idiom
The central character and focus of interest that is trying to accomplish or overcome adversity, and has the ability to adapt to new.
Protagonist
The feeling created in the reader be a literary work or passage.
Mood
The time and place of the action of literary work.
Setting
The repetition of specially chosen words or phrases to make a point or stress certain ideas for the reader.
Repetition for Effect
The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
Foreshadowing
Descriptive language used in literature that appeals to the scenes.
Imagery
A figure of speech that combines two opposing contradictory ideas.
Oxymoron
Word choice. The appropriateness of the words with the regard to the emotions and/or ideas associated with them.
Diction
The methods used by an author to create a character:
Characterization:
- Physical Apperance
- Speech, Thought, Actions, or Feelings
- Other Characters Feelings, Thought, etc.
- Direct Comments by the Author
A figure of speech in which comparisons are made between two objects with the use of like or as.
Simile
Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.
Figurative Language
A type of figurative language in which no-human subjects are given human characteristics.
Personification
The writers attitude toward his or her subject; tone can often be described by a single adjective.
Tone
A struggle between two opposing forces
External Conflict- Takes place outside a person.
- Man vs. Man: one character against another.
- Man vs. Nature: a character a force or element of nature.
- Man vs. Society: a character against the standards or expectations of a group or community.
Internal Conflict: A character struggles with inner problems.
Conflict
The character opposing the protagonist, can be a person, idea, or force.
Antagonist
A central message or insight into lie revealed through the literary work; a lesson about life or people.
Theme
The perspective from which a story is told.
Point of View:
- 1st Person
- 3rd Person
- 3rd Limited- narrator knows only some of the characters thoughts and feelings
- Omniscient- all knowing
The specific dictionary definition of a word.
Denotation
