Literary Elements Review

Literary Elements Review

By Alicia Goodwin

What are literary elements?

Answer:

​Literary elements are special effects in writing that add creativity and pizzazz to texts such as poems, stories, or narrative fiction. Some examples are SIMILE, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLE, RHYME, REPETITION, ALLITERATION, ALLUSION, ASSONANCE, SYMBOLISM, PERSONFICIATION, IMAGERY, UNDERSTATEMENT, & ONOMATOPOEIA.

Simile VS Metaphor

They are BOTH comparisons.

Similes use "LIKE" or "AS." Be careful, though. The presence of these two words does NOT automatically make a simile. There needs to be a COMPARISON between TWO SIMILAR things.

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Metaphors are DIRECT comparisons. They compare two things by saying something is something it is not. Often, when students find a literary element they cannot identify, it's a metaphor. ​

Multiple Choice

A metaphor is...

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A direct comparison WITHOUT "like" or "as"

• A scary monster

• An exaggeration

"Hate Me" by Ellie Goulding & Juice WRLD

Every song with lyrics is a poem!

Listen to the song and read the lyrics in the lyric video. We will be answering questions about which literary elements we can find in the song.

Multiple Choice

"Erase me, erase me, wish you never dated me"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Rhyme

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

"Chase me, chase me, tell me how you hate me"

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• All choices are correct

Multiple Choice

"Hopefully you see it clear, hopefully it's HD"

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

Multiple Choice

"Miss me so much, you've been goin' psycho"

• Understatement

• Imagery

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"It's a thin line between all this love and hate"

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Personification

"Levitating" by Dua Lipa

Every song with lyrics is a poem!

Listen to the song and read the lyrics in the lyric video. We will be answering questions about which literary elements we can find in the song.

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

"Come on, dance with me. I'm levitating."

• Onotmatopoeia

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Repeition

Multiple Choice

"I got you, moonlight, you're my starlight."

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• All choices are correct

Multiple Choice

"You want me, I want you, baby, my sugarboo, I'm levitating. The Milky Way, we're renegading."

• Assonance & Allusion

• Simile & Metaphor

• Rhyme and SImile

• Assonance and Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

"You can fly away with me tonight"

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Personification

Multiple Choice

"I'm feeling so electric, dance my arse off."

• Simile & Metaphor

• Rhyme and Hyperbole

• Metaphor and Rhyme

• Metaphor and Hyperbole

What is imagery?

Imagery is description that appeals to the five senses. It makes you feel like you are actually there.​

Imagery is NOT the words TASTE, TOUCH, SIGHT, SOUND, & SMELL. It is detailed descriptions of flavors, textures, colors, shapes, noises, and scents.

LOOK FOR ADJECTIVES!!​

Multiple Choice

Which example is IMAGERY?

• The sweet bubble gum popped and felt sticky on my teeth.

• I hear an alarm

• I was eating ice cream.

• The wolf was walking.

Multiple Choice

Which example is IMAGERY? (Sometimes, a strong image counts as imagery even if there not many sensory words).

• The sound woke me up.

• The pie was good.

• My finger dripped with blood, like raindrops.

• I touched the desk.