English 9 Unit 1 Literary Elements

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• motif

• tone

• symbol

• mood

A story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel

• rising action

• short story

• novella

• plot

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

• Parallel Episode

• rising action

• Flashback

• repetition

Portions of the plot are repeated or comparable subplot that reflects the overall plot.

• personification

• Parallel Episode

• Parallel Episode Example in FFA involving Algernon

• characterization

Definition: the person who tells the story

• narrator

• allusion

• inferred

• paradox

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

• a root word

• word structure

• text features

• context clues

Definition: informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing

• colloquialism

• parallelism

• context clues

• personification

Definition: a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

• paradox

• narrator

• symbol

• allusion

Definition: Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• imagery

• anaphora

• paradox

• inferred

Definition: A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification

• author's voice

• Parallel Episode

• rising action