Literary Elements Review

Hints or clues that the author gives you that suggests upcoming events in the plot.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A concrete object/item that represents something abstract.

• Theme

• Plot

• Symbol

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The feeling or atmosphere created by the writer through description, setting, and figurative language.

• Mood

• Tone

• Setting

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A type of figurative language used to give an inanimate object or item a sense of being alive.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author’s attitude.

• Point of View

• Mood

• Tone

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False: The protagonist is always the hero.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The time and place where the action of the story occurs.

• Theme

• Setting

• Scene

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A series of events that creates a storyline.

• Exposition

• Theme

• Plot

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This type of narrator can tell you everyone’s actions, dialogue, and inner thoughts and feelings.

• Limited

• 1st Person

• Omniscient

• Objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Communicates ideas besides the ordinary, literal meanings of words.

• Literal Language

• Ludicrous Language

• Figurative Language

• Financial Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3