Literary Terms Devices Elements

Hyperbole

• joining of two contradictory terms

• comparisons, descriptions, & figures of speech that help the mind to form forceful or beautiful pictures

• and exaggerated statement used for effect & not meant to be taken literally

• human qualities given to an object or thing

Personification

• making a comparison between 2 items using like or as to describe something

• human qualities given to an object or thing

• several words in a sentence beginning with the same sound

• words that sound like the sound they are trying to convey

Metaphor

• exaggerated statement used for effect & not meant to be taken literally

• an expression that cannot be taken literally and is usually understand culturally, cannot be literally translated.

• joining of two contradictory terms

• describes a person, place, thing by comparing it to something else WITHOUT using like or as

Simile

• making a comparison between two items using like or as to describe something

• several words in a sentence beginning with the same sound

• describes a person, place, or thing by comparing it to something else WITHOUT using like or as

• an expression that cannot be taken literally, is usually understood culturally and cannot be literally translated.

Onomatopoeia

• exaggerated statement used for effect & not meant to be taken literally

• making a comparison between two items using like or as.

• words that sound like the word they are trying to convey

• several words in a sentence begin with the same sound

Theme

• the main idea of a story or the message the author is trying to convey.

• giving human qualities to an animal, thing, or idea

• the emotion that YOU feel while you're reading

• repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence

Plot

• the emotion that YOU feel while you're reading

• the way in which something is said or written in literature

• the way the story is structured, the events that happen in the story

• the author's style of writing

Tone

• an extreme exaggeration

• the main idea of a story or the message the author is trying to convey.

• the emotion that YOU feel while you're reading

• the attitude an author takes toward the audience, subject, or character

Mood

• the attitude an author takes toward the audience, subject, or character

• the emotions YOU feel while you're reading

• how something is said in literature - formal, informal, narrative, argumentative, persuasive, etc.

• words that sound like what they mean

Style

• how something is said/written in literature - formal, informal, narrative, argumentative, etc.

• the author's unique style of writing

• the attitude an author takes toward the audience, subject, or character

• the emotion that YOU feel while you're reading.