Literary Elements and Techniques -1

A literary technique where something stands for or represents something else.

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Mood

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

'I'm as mad as a hornet"

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Picture perfect poses make perfect pictures.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Literary Element that reflects the author's attitude

• Setting

• Plot

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The feeling or emotional response the author creates in the reader.

• Setting

• Plot

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following:

• Logical sequence of events of the story

• Protagonist

• Main character

• Tone

• Feeling the author creates in the reader

• Mood

• Time & place of the story

• Plot

• Author's attitude

• Setting

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 a person, place, thing or other literary work the author expects the reader to recognize.

"It is raining so hard I should build an Ark"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Allusion
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Match the following

• The book cried out for me to read it

• Simile

• My backpack weighs a ton

• Metaphor

• You eat like a pig

• Personification

• You are such an Einstein

• Hyperbole

• My life is a roller coaster

• Allusion

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

An author's hint that something will happen later.

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An author's use of exaggeration to create an effect

• Simile

• Anthropomorphism

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A