Literary Elements

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Literary Elements

• Tone The attitude of the narrator towards the
  subject, ideas, theme or characters. It can be
  eerie, humorous, serious, threatening etc.
• Mood The emotional quality or atmosphere of a
  story or poem.
• Stanza A group of lines forming a unit in a
  poem. Together stanzas are the paragraphs of a
  poem.
• Repetition (refrain) The reoccurrence of sound,
  words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or
  piece of writing. Repetition increases the
  feeling of unity in a work.
• Visual Imagery Is the collection of details that
  writers use to help readers visualize scenes.
  Visual imagery makes writing come to life.

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More literary elements

• Symbol
• Any object, person, place, or experience that
  means more than what it is.
• Foreshadowing
• The use of clues by an author to prepare readers
  for an event that will happen in a story or poem.
• Onomatopoeia
• The use of a word or phrase that actually
  imitates or suggests the sound of what it
  describes.

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• Rhyme
• the repetition of identical or similar sounds in
  the ends of words that appear close to one
  another in a poem
• End Rhyme -rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines
• Internal Rhyme -rhyme that occurs within a single
  line of poetry
• Rhyme Scheme
• Alliteration
• the repetition of consonant sounds, most often at
  the beginning of words.
• EX Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal dared to
  dream before

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Literary Elements

• Narrative Poetry
• Poetry that tells a story
• Simile
• a figure of speech using like or as to compare
  two seemingly unlike things
• Rhyme Scheme- the pattern formed by end rhyme in
  a poem. Shown by the used of a different letter
  of the alphabet to name each new rhyme.
• Hyperbole- a figure speech that uses exaggeration
  to express strong emotion, make a point, or
  create humor.
• Lyric Poetry- a verse or poem that can be sung.

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• Meter- a regular pattern of stressed and
  unstressed syllables that gives a line of poetry
  a predictable rhythm.
• Theme- the main idea of a story, poem, novel, or
  play. Revealed gradually through other elements
  such as plot, character, setting, symbol, and
  irony
• Speaker- the voice in a poem, similar to the
  narrator in a work of fiction. The speakers tone
  may communicate an attitude toward the subject of
  the poem
• Characterization- the methods a writer uses to
  develop the personality of a character

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May 10, 2011

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