Literary Elements

Literary Elements

Stories/Novels • Paragraph form with indentions • Problem/solution • Strict grammar rules (only exception-characters can speak incorrectly)

Dramas/Plays • Format- character: • Acts, scenes • Problem/solution

Poetry-Poems • Lines and stanzas or free verse • Poetic license • Often illicit emotions

Repetition • Repetition- REPEATING aword or phrase over and over:

How Many, How MuchBy Shel Silverstein“Repetition”How many slams in an old screen door?Depends on how loud you shut it.How many slices in a bread?Depends on how thin you cut it.How much good inside a day?Depends on how good you live ‘em.How much love inside a friend?Depends on how much you give ‘em.

AlliterationAlliteration is when a beginning sound is repeated. Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Betty Botter by Mother Goose “Alliteration” Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So she bought a bit of butter better than her bitter butter, and she put it in her batter and the batter was not bitter. So ’twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter

Repetition or Alliteration? • Row, row, row your boat • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • Al the alligator ate apples. • The wind went by like a wish. • I see, I see.

Personification • Personification- when the author gives human-like qualities to inanimate things. Examples: The leaves danced in the wind. The trees waved goodbye to summer.

DancingPants byShelSilverstein “Personification” AndnowfortheDancingPants Doingtheirfabulousdance. Fromtheseattothepleat Theywillbouncetothebeat, Withnolegsinsidethem Andnofeetbeneath. They'llwhirl,andtwirl,andjiggleandprance, Sojuststartthemusic Andgivethemachance Let'shaveabighandforthewonderful,marvelous, Supersensational,utterlyfabulous, TalentedDancingPants!

Rhyme • Poets often use rhyme in poetry. • The words at the end of the lines often rhyme. • Sometimes they form patterns.

Patterns • AA- every line • AB- every other line • AABB- couplets rhyme

Onomatopoeia

Similes • Similes compare two things using the words like or as. • He is fast like a cheetah. • Your head is as hard as a rock.

Birdsby NiemiSimile Chirping non-stop, like a machine in the trees, Building their nest like little worker bees. They sing their songs, like chatter-boxes. As regular as alarm clocks, Waking up each day. They are silent at night, Like snakes advancing on prey.

Metaphor • A metaphor compares two seemingly unrelated things WITHOUT using like or as. • My brother is a dragon. • Mr. Hughes is a teddy bear.

The Metaphor Family by Lill Pluta“Metaphor” My brother is a dragon. My mom’s a teddy bear. I am a shaggy sheepdog with a ton of tangled hair. My father is a monkey. He likes to make us laugh, especially my sister, who is a tall giraffe. We are a busy family With many things to do. Our home is always happy, But sometimes it’s a zoo.

Literary Elements