Literary Elements

Stories/Novels

Paragraph form with indentionsProblem/solutionStrict grammar rules (only

exception-characters can speak incorrectly)

Dramas/Plays

Format- character:Acts, scenesProblem/solution

Poetry-Poems

Lines and stanzas or free versePoetic licenseOften illicit emotions

Repetition

Repetition- REPEATING a word 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.

Alliteration

Alliteration 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 batterit will make my batter bitter,but a bit of better butterwill make my batter better.So she bought a bit of butterbetter than her bitter butter,and she put it in her batterand the batter was not bitter.So ’twas better Betty Botterbought a bit of better butter

Repetition or Alliteration?

Row, row, row your boatPeter 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.

Dancing Pants by Shel Silverstein

“Personification”

And now for the Dancing Pants Doing their fabulous dance. From the seat to the pleat They will bounce to the beat, With no legs inside them And no feet beneath. They'll whirl, and twirl, and jiggle and prance, So just start the music And give them a chance  Let's have a big hand for the wonderful, marvelous, Super sensational, utterly fabulous, Talented Dancing Pants!

Rhyme

Poets often use rhyme in poetry. The words at the end of the lines

often rhyme. Sometimes they form patterns.

Patterns

AA- every lineAB- every other lineAABB- 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 Niemi

Simile 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 familyWith many things to do. Our home is always happy,

But sometimes it’s a zoo.