Prisoner B-3087 Literary Elements

Main character in a story

• Setting

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

• Protagonist

The time and place of a story

• Protagonist

• Setting

• Infer

• Summary

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Summary

• Infer

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

• Summary

• Infer

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Deduce or conclude based on evidence in the text

• Context Clues

• Summarize

• Infer

• Irony

A brief statement or account of the main points

• Context Clues

• Summary

• Infer

• Irony

A comparison without using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Irony

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• Context Clues

• Summary

• Infer

• Idiom

Anything that stands for or represents something else

• Irony

• Idiom

• Symbol

• Infer

Human characteristics given to something nonhuman

• Symbol

• Idiom

• Onomatopeia

• Personification