Literary Elements and Devices

What is the organized pattern or sequence of events in a story?

• Plot

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Setting

When in the story is the greatest point of interest or suspense?

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Conflict

What is the term for the struggle between two forces?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Conflict

• Climax

What is the name for the perspective from which a story is told?

• Point of View

• Character

• Theme

• Setting

Represents objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Author's attitude towards the subject

• Tone

• Mood

• Attitude

• Feeling

The ocean heaved a sigh.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

The bed is as hard as a rock

• Imagery

• Irony

• Allusion

• Simile

Splash! Slam!

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

Define the term Symbolism.

• Person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.

• a word used to describe the difference between what we expect and what actually happens.