Literary Elements and Techniques -1

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

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Mood

• Allusion

'I'm as mad as a hornet"

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Picture perfect poses make perfect pictures.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Literary Element that reflects the author's attitude

• Setting

• Plot

• Mood

• Tone

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

• Setting

• Plot

• Mood

• Tone

Match the following:

• Main character

• Plot

• Feeling the author creates in the reader

• Setting

• Time & place of the story

• Mood

• Author's attitude

• Protagonist

• Logical sequence of events of the story

• Tone

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

Match the following

• My backpack weighs a ton

• Allusion

• You eat like a pig

• Metaphor

• My life is a roller coaster

• Simile

• You are such an Einstein

• Hyperbole

• The book cried out for me to read it

• Personification

An author's hint that something will happen later.

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Mood

An author's use of exaggeration to create an effect

• Simile

• Anthropomorphism

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration