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Literary Elements
Top 22 Literary Elements for Regents Prep
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allegory | A story where things stand for something else. Ex. Little Red Riding Hood=innocence |
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Ex. Six slimy snakes |
| Characterization | The way an author develops a character. Direct Characterization: the narrator tells you about the character. Indirect Characterization: you find out about a character through dialogue or other characters. |
| Flashback | A scene inserted in a story to tell what happened earlier. |
| Foreshadowing | A hint at future events in a story. |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration for effect. Ex. I was so hungry, I could have eaten a horse. |
| Imagery | Words that create a picture in your mind, and help you imagine it for yourself. |
| Irony | The difference between what you think will happen, and what actually happens. |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that helps you to better understand what the author is saying. Ex. His eyes were daggers. |
| Mood | The feeling, or atmosphere, you get from a literary work. Usually the result of the setting. |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that imitate sounds. Ex. buzz, slap |
| Oxymoron | Two words that don't seem to make sense, but do. Ex. jumbo shrimp |
| Personification | When an author gives human characteristics to a non-human object. Ex. The sun smiled down on us. |
| Point of View | The vantage point from which a story is told. First person, second person, third person. |
| Repetition | Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis on what the author thinks is important. |
| Rhetorical Question | A question asked by the author that is not meant to be answered, but is meant to make the reader think. |
| Satire | A literary work that deals with a societal issue by making fun of it to bring it to people's attention and improve the issue. |
| Simile | A comparison using like or as. Ex. Her eyes are like the stars. |
| Symbolism | When something stands for itself, and something else. Ex. A heart stands for a heart, and also love. |
| Theme | The main message an author wants you to get from a literary work. |
| Tone | The author's attitude toward his or her literary work. |
| Epiphany | A sudden realization of something important. |
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