Literary Elements

When the audience/reader knows something that a character does not

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

An appeal to the senses

• Simile

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The lesson the author is trying to convey to the reader

• Imagery

• Theme

• Tone

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The main character of a story

• Protagonist

• Static character

• Dramatic Character

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

When the author gives clues or hints about what is going to happen in the story

• Conflict

• Foreshadowing

• Falling Action

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An extreme exaggeration

• Tone

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

The way the story is told (1st Person, 3rd Person, etc)

• Perspective

• Omniscient

• Limited

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The reason for writing; to persuade, inform or entertain

• Exposition

• Author's Purpose

• Rising Action

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9