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Flashcards: Literary Elements

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Characterization:	The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.
Genre:	A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).
Irony	The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.
Literary conflict	The struggle that grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot.
Literary elements	The essential techniques used in literature (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme).

Literary devices	Tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the writing (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).
Literary structures	The author’s method of organizing text (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks).
Point of view	The way in which an author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which the story is told.
Style	How an author writes; an author’s use of language; its effects and appropriateness to the author’s intent andtheme.
Theme	A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.

Tone	The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).
Voice	The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer.