Literary Elements

Refers to the struggle between two opposing forces.

• Dialogue

• Style

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

The perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told.

• Setting

• Point of View

• Genre

• Flashback

The place and time in which a literary work takes place.

• Setting

• Style

• Theme

• Tone

A central idea, concern, or purpose

• Theme

• Mood

• Tone

• Plot

An author's technique to develop and describe the characters in the story.

• dialogue

• mood

• characterization

• plot

Match the following literary elements:

• use of clues that suggests events that have yet to occur

• irony

• sequence of events

• flashback

• surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions

• plot

• interrupts sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time

• foreshadowing

Match the following literary elements:

• refers to the atmosphere or feeling conveyed by a work

• Tone

• an object that stands for itself and a greater idea

• Imagery

• Simile, Metaphor, Personification, hyperbole, alliteration, etc

• Figurative Language

• writer's attitude toward the reader's, characters, and the subject matter

• Mood

• create descriptions that appeal to the 5 senses

• Symbolism

The choice and use of words an author uses in developing the story.

• language

• diction

• style

• vocabulary

Example of a thesis statement:

In “​ (a)   ,”  ​ (b)   uses ​ (c)   ,​ (d)   , and ​ literary element #3 to show that ​ (e)   .

• Title of Short Story
• Author’s Name
• literary element #1
• literary element #2
• topic