1. Literary Devices Narrative Elements
REVIEW

2. Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses
imagery

3. Comparison between two seemingly unlike things that actually have something important in common
metaphor

4. The use of humorous devices like irony, understatement, and exaggeration to highlight a human folly or societal problem, sometimes with the hope of instituting change
satire

5. Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else; used to produce images in reader’s mind and to express ideas in fresh, vivid, and imaginative ways; not literal
Figurative language

6. A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words “like” or “as”
simile

7. Time and place of a story
Time and place of a story. It involves customs, dialects, and scenery of a certain time and place. Atmosphere – is created by the positive or negative feelings associated with the setting.
setting

8. The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound
alliteration

9. People, animals, and objects in a story.
characters

10. The perspective from which a narrative is told
Point of view

11. Imitative harmony; the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe
onomatopoeia

12. The main character in a work; the character with whom the readers identify
protagonist

13. a message that the author is conveying about life, nature, or society
theme

14. Word choice in writing, intended to convey a certain/specific effect
diction

15. The sequence of events in a story, novel, play, or narrative poem
plot

16. The use of any object, person, place, or action that has both meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value
symbolism

17. The kind of metaphor that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas
personification

18. The tension between opposing forces in a work of literature
conflict

19. A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration
hyperbole

20. The writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience
tone