Literary Elements and Metaphorical Language Review

Step 1: Go through the list of terms below and record all the definitions that have found their way into your long-term memory.

Step 2: Use the internet or classroom text to record the definitions of the terms that you don’t know.

Step 3: Using the short stories we read, record an example for each of the terms.

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
Term / Definition / Example w/page number
Plot
Exposition
Inciting Action
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Denouement
Character
Flat
Round
Static
Dynamic
Characterization
Direct
Indirect
Setting
Backdrop
Integral
Theme
Point-of-View
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
Dialect
Flashback
Foreshadow
Genre
Prose
Poetry
Drama
Irony
Verbal
Dramatic
Situational
Motivation
Satire
Style
Symbol
Tone
METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE
Term / Definition / Example w/page number
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Apostrophe
Cliché
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Parable
Paradox
Personification
Pun
Simile
Understatement
Connotation
Denotation

Honor’s Freshman English