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This Literary Devices and Terms page gathers a small set of community-made notes on story elements, mood, tone and language devices. It is for school students practicing literary terms and teachers looking for material on those topics, with resources mainly at school level. Open a note to get started.
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- Story Elements40
- Characters and Characterization35
- Archetypes13
- Setting5
- Conflict in Literature21
- Plot Structure11
- Point of View and Narrators6
- Theme, Symbolism and Allegory17
- Figurative Language and Imagery40
- Irony10
- Diction, Syntax and Style10
- Tone and Mood5
- Rhetorical Devices21
- Poetic Devices11
- Dramatic Devices and Terms7
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ENGLISH LIT REVISION OF MICE AND MEN THE CRUCIBLE MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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Terms You Need To Know - created from Mind Map Idiomatic expression: an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers, for example, to "bite off more than you can chew" Hyperbole: a fancy way of saying "exag...
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1_Terms You Need To Know - created from Mind Map Idiomatic expression: an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers, for example, to "bite off more than you can chew" Hyperbole: a fancy way of saying "exag...
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Languages Devices Alliteration the first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow; the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice. Assonance the same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different; he passed her a sharp,...
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ENG2D1 EXAM NOTES ENG2D1 EXAM NOTES DEFINITIONS Dramatic Irony: Irony that is inherit in speeches or a situation of drama and is understood by the audience but not the characters. Situational Irony: Irony involving a situation in which...
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SAT Literature - created from Mind Map POETRY NONFICTION FICTION
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Literature Exam Study Guide Literature: Exam Study Guide Literary Elements: Irony: words that differ from their actual meanings Flashback: explaining past events Setting: the time and place of the story 1st Person Point of View: story is told by...
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Elements of a Story What is Setting? Time, Place, Time Period, environment, or context (Political, Social, etc.) of a scene of a movie, book, story etc. Always in a story - Usually established at the beginning of the story. Usually not t...
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Mood & Tone Mood: Feeling or atmosphere author establishedPrevailing feeling/ frame of mind created for readers to experience -- Reader Feels Established with the help of music in a movie or show Author must use words to es...
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Conflict - created from Mind Map It is the struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist. It is considered a literary element rather than a literary device. Without conflict, the story is a sequence of events with litt...
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Basic English Literary Terms
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Untitled alliteration--the first letter of the word is repeated in words e.g the cold, crisp,crust of clean, clear ice.hyperbole--exaggerating something for literary purposes which is not meant to be taken literally; we gorged...
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english literature key terms ENGLISH MEANINGS Allegory- extended metaphor alliteration- repetition of sound allusion- refers to other text/ author antithesis- two opposite ideas aside- to the audience assonance- repetition of vowel sounds&n...
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Sentence structure explanantions *Short sentences.The person is stressing this to build up tension and make it dramatic.*ListsThe person is usig lists the stress the multiplicity of things happening at the same time. *PuntuationThe person uses punctu...
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Mood vs. Tone MoodIs a literary element that evokes certain feelings in reader through words and descriptions ToneThe implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work
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Acronym for Figurative Language Consonance Onomatopeia Repetition
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These notes offer different ways into the unit. Elements of a Story introduces setting, while Mood & Tone looks at the feeling a reader experiences. Languages Devices includes examples of alliteration and assonance. Other notes cover conflict, figurative language and literary terms for exams.
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Start with Elements of a Story if you want to focus on setting. For a contrast between related terms, try Mood vs. Tone. Read a definition, then write your own explanation before checking it against the note.
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Which note is a good place to start?
Elements of a Story is a useful starting point for studying setting: it describes the time, place and context of a scene. If you are working on the distinction between a reader’s feelings and a writer’s attitude, Mood vs. Tone is another option.
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Do the notes cover preparation for literature exams?
Yes. Literature Exam Study Guide includes literary elements such as irony, flashback and setting. The notes on SAT Literature cover poetry, nonfiction and fiction, including couplets and sonnets. The collection is mainly aimed at school-level study and also includes material teachers can use.