Literary Elements- advanced

4. Extreme exaggeration to add meaning
11. Reader is given background information about the setting, characters, and relationships in order to better understand the plot of the literary work
12. The bad guy in a story
14. The type or category to which a literary work belongs
16. Returning to an earlier point in the story to make the present easier to understand
20. Using hints within the reading to show what is to come in the literary work
21. A phrase that consists of two words that have opposite meanings
22. When something unexpected happens, different events than what was predicted
26. A direct comparison of two different things
27. Word choice used to create a specific effect in a literary work
29. an intentional use of understatement that renders an ironic effect
30. The repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or line
31. the word we use to describe another thing is closely linked to that particular thing, but is not a part of it
32. The part in a literary work at which the conflict comes to its highest point
33. A comparison of two different things using “like” or “as”
34. repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase
35. a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
36. of view The perspective the literary work is told

1. Language used to appeal to the five sense (touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight)
2. When a tangible thing (object, person, place) is used to represent something intangible
3. How the author develops characters by describing him or her physically, mentally, emotionally, and gives them their personalities
5. action The process the story follows as it builds to its main conflict
6. Location and time which the literary work takes place
7. The repetition of the 1st consonant sound of the words
8. The author’s attitude toward the subject of the literary work
9. In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
10. The good guy in a story
13. a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part
15. The main idea or underlying meaning explored by a literary work
17. A reference to something well-known that exists outside of the literary work
18. Any person, animal, or object that plays a role within a literary work
19. Words whose actual sound imitates its meaning
23. Giving non-human objects human characteristics
24. The problem that occurs between two characters in a literary work
25. Speaking between characters in a literary work
28. Part in a literary work when loose ends are tied up and questions are answered