Literary Elements and Devices

The sequence of events in a story

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3A

The time and place of a story

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

The message or universal idea

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The act of developing a character

• Characterization

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.3B

Clues of hints in the story that reveal what happens later

• Characterization

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Symbolism

Something that stands for or represents an abstract concept with deeper meaning

• Characterization

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Symbolism

The struggle between opposing forces

• Characterization

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Symbolism

The speaker's attitude

• Characterization

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.6

The author's intended feeling or atmosphere for the reader

• Characterization

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

When a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• indirect characterization