Literary Elements

Front

Hints or clues as to what will happen later in the plot

Back

Foreshadowing

Front

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

Back

Personification

Front

Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens

Back

Irony

Front

Struggle between opposing forces and the basis of plot in literature.

Back

Conflict

Front

Events in the story that move the plot along by adding complications or expanding the conflict.

Back

Rising action

Front

Also called the resolution; the conflict is resolved

Back

falling action

Front

Information essential to understanding the work.

Back

Exposition

Front

Perspective from which the story is told.

Back

Point of view

Front

Struggle between opposing forces and the basis of plot in literature.

Back

Conflict

Front

Any action, person, place, or object that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as quality, attitude, belief, or value.

Back

Symbol