Literary Elements

simile 

• comparison using like or as
• comparison not using like or as
• using like  or as
• comparison between between a noun and a verb

metaphor

• comparison using like or as
• comparison not using like or as
• a comparison using between

hyperbole

• generalization
• exaggeration
• direct quote

imagery

• shows various images
• gives readers illusions as they read
• gives the readers pictures in the mind using the five senses

tone

• the feeling the reader gets
• author's attitude
• the reader's attitude

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

allusion

• an image
• an imaginary image
• reference to something in history
• something illusory

protagonist

• the bag guy
• the good guy
• the neutral guy

plot of a story

• deception
• what happens in the story
• sequence of events in the story

mood

• the atmosphere the writer create to give the feeling a certain feeling
• the feeling the author portrays
• a mesh of emotions from the author and reader

narrator

• an active participant in the story
• person telling the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6