| A | B |
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| Literary Element | a fundamental or necessary component of a story |
| Plot | series of events in a story (including exposition, rising, action, climax, falling action, and resolution) |
| Setting | the time and place of a story |
| characterization | the act of creating and developing people and personalities throughout a work of literature |
| conflict | the struggle between opposing forces in a work of literature |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| 1st person POV | the story is told by a character in the story |
| 3rd person POV | the story is told by a voice from outside the story |
| Theme | the message or moral of the story |
| Literary Device | a technique of writing used to enhance a pice of literature |
| Figurative Language | description that is flowery, "over the top" |
| metaphor | a comparison of unlike things without using like or as |
| simile | a comparison of unlike things using like or as |
| allusion | a brief reference to something famous |
| alliteration | series of words starting with the same consant sound |
| motif | something that repeats or reappears at different |
| irony | when the opposite of what you expect happens |
| flashback | a scene from earlier in time |
| foreshadowing | a hint of what will happen |
| onomatopoeia | a ‘sound’ word |
| symbol | something used to represent something 'larger' or more meaningful than itself |
| fiction | not true (fake) |
| nonfiction | true (not fake) |
| narrative | a piece of writing that tells a story; has a plot |
| hyperbole | great exaggeration |
| imagery | description that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
