literary elements

Flat

• A character who does not have many traits

• central idea of a story

• general attitude of piece of writing

• the main character in a story

Theme

• words in a sentence with the same sound

• the opposite of what you might expect

• Main message of the story

• the enemy of the story

Foreshadowing

• where a story takes place

• from whose eyes tell a story

• a character who makes a major life change

• hints about what will happen in a story

setting

• the general attitude of the writing

• the time, place, and mood of a story

• the struggle

• a character who stays the same

tone

• the general attitude of a piece of writing

• the protagonist

• the central idea

• where a story takes place

Personification

• when non living things speak

• an exaggeration

• the opposite of what you might expect

• third person

hyperbole

• a character who stays the same

• the opposite of what you might expect

• a comparison using like or as

• an exaggeration

simile

• a comparison between two unlike things that is not stated directly

• words in a sentence that all end in the same sound

• a comparison using like or as

• the main character

metaphor

• a comparison using like or as

• words that end in the same sound

• a comparison between 2 unlike things that is hinted at

• an outsider is telling the story

rhyme

• words that end in the same sound

• the opposite of what you might expect

• an exaggeration

• a hint of what's to come