Literary Elements & Techniques

Includes the time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs.

• Point of View

• Theme

• Setting

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's word choice.

• Tone/Mood

• Diction

• Point of View

• Voice

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The main idea in a work of literature. It is a perception about life or human nature that the author shares with the reader.

• Theme

• Setting

• Point of View

• Tone/Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A writer's unique use of language and organization that allows a reader to "hear" a human personality in his or her writing.

• Personification

• Dialogue

• Characterization

• Voice

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A technique in which the author gives hints of what is to come later in the story.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Tone/Mood

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A reference to an event or another work of literature within the plot that the reader is expected to recognize.

• Symbol

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Giving human qualities to something that is not human.

• Personification

• Symbol

• Imagery

• Voice

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A word whose sound seems to resemble closely the sound it denotes.

Example: Bang! Boom!

• Alliteration

• Suspense

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The use of exaggeration for effect.

• Onomatopoeia

• Diction

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Description that appeals to the senses; they help readers to see, feel, smell, taste, and hear what is being described.

• Symbol

• Imagery

• Characterization

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5