A literary device that hints at events to come later in the story.

The author's attitude toward the subject or audience, conveyed through style and language.

The atmosphere or emotional setting created by a literary work.

A scene that interrupts the chronological sequence to depict an event from the past.

A recurring element, image, or idea that has symbolic significance in a story.

Excessive pride or self-confidence that leads to a character's downfall.

An author's choice of words and style of expression.

A brief reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.

A contrast between what is said and what is meant.

When the audience knows something the characters do not.

When there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

A figure of speech that attributes human qualities to non-human things.

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."

A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

A symbol that has a widely recognized meaning within a culture (e.g., red for love).

A symbol that has a specific meaning for a particular individual or work.

Indirect Characterization

Revealing a character's personality through their actions, thoughts, and speech.

Direct Characterization

Explicitly describing a character's traits through narration or dialogue.

Characters who undergo significant change throughout the story.

Characters who remain largely unchanged throughout the story.

A character who contrasts with another, usually the protagonist, to highlight certain traits.

The time and place in which a story occurs.

The central idea or message that a literary work conveys.

The occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words

Reference to outside work/person/artwork

Lines end with words that rhyme

Grammatical break with punctuation at the end of a line

Line ends without punctuation/pause

Non-human things given human/living qualities

Poets reuse words, phrases, images, structures

Sound of the poem. How syllables are arranged

Unified group of lines in a poem

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Literary Elements

Literary Elements and Devices English 10-4

Question	Answer
Foreshadowing	A literary device that hints at events to come later in the story.
Tone	The author's attitude toward the subject or audience, conveyed through style and language.
Mood	The atmosphere or emotional setting created by a literary work.
Flashback	A scene that interrupts the chronological sequence to depict an event from the past.
Motif	A recurring element, image, or idea that has symbolic significance in a story.
Hubris	Excessive pride or self-confidence that leads to a character's downfall.
Diction	An author's choice of words and style of expression.
Allusion	A brief reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
Verbal Irony	A contrast between what is said and what is meant.
Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows something the characters do not.
Situational Irony	When there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
Personification	A figure of speech that attributes human qualities to non-human things.
Simile	A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
Metaphor	A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Imagery	Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
Hyperbole	Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Conventional Symbol	A symbol that has a widely recognized meaning within a culture (e.g., red for love).
Personal Symbol	A symbol that has a specific meaning for a particular individual or work.
Indirect Characterization	Revealing a character's personality through their actions, thoughts, and speech.
Direct Characterization	Explicitly describing a character's traits through narration or dialogue.
Dynamic Characters	Characters who undergo significant change throughout the story.
Static Characters	Characters who remain largely unchanged throughout the story.
Foil	A character who contrasts with another, usually the protagonist, to highlight certain traits.
Setting	The time and place in which a story occurs.
Theme	The central idea or message that a literary work conveys.
Alliteration	The occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words
Allusion	Reference to outside work/person/artwork
Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds
End rhyme	Lines end with words that rhyme
End-stop	Grammatical break with punctuation at the end of a line
Enjambment	Line ends without punctuation/pause
Internal rhyme	Rhyme within a line
Onomatopoeia	Words that are sounds
Personification	Non-human things given human/living qualities
Repetition	Poets reuse words, phrases, images, structures
Rhythm	Sound of the poem. How syllables are arranged
Stanza	Unified group of lines in a poem

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