Literary Elements Set 3 - YL

An exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

A universal character or story

• Archetype

• Imagery

• Symbol

• Setting

A reference to history, music, art, or literature

• Symbol

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Metaphor

An object that represents something else

• Image

• Hyperbole

• Symbol

• Archetype

The message of a story

• Theme

• Setting

• Symbol

• Archetype

Comparison using "like" or as"

• Symbol

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

A direct comparison without "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Conflict

• Point of view

Using description to create a mental picture

• Flashback

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

Hints at what will happen later

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Tone

• Style

The author's attitude

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Theme