Literary Elements and Devices

What is the organized pattern or sequence of events in a story?

• Plot

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When in the story is the greatest point of interest or suspense?

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for the struggle between two forces?

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Conflict

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the name for the perspective from which a story is told?

• Point of View

• Character

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Represents objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Author's attitude towards the subject

• Tone

• Mood

• Attitude

• Feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The ocean heaved a sigh.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The bed is as hard as a rock

• Imagery

• Irony

• Allusion

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Splash! Slam!

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Define the term Symbolism.

• Person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.

• a word used to describe the difference between what we expect and what actually happens.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5