SIREN BY: ANGELO LACAUSTE

LITERARY ELEMENTS
AND

LITERARY DEVICES
 WHAT IS LITERARY ELEMENTS?

LITERARY ELEMENTS- ALSO CALLED NARRATIVE

ELEMENTS A NECESSARY FEATURE OF VERBAL
STORYTELLING THAT CAN BE FOUND IN ANY
WRITEN OR SPOKEN NARRATIVE.
SETTING
CHARACTERS
PLOT
CONFLICT
POINT OF VIEW
THEME
SETTING- TIME AND PLACE WHERE
THE STORY OCCURS.

" INSIDE THEIR HOUSE"

CHARACTERS- THE PERSON, ANIMALS,
AND THINGS PARTICIPATING IN A STORY.

ANNA MOTHER

CLARA FATHER
 WHAT IS LITERRARY DEVICES

LITERARY DEVICES- ARE THE

TECHNIQUES WRITTER USE TO ENGAGE
THEIR READERS BEYOND THE LITERAL
MEANING OF THE TEXT.
 1. SIMILE

SIMILE- COMPARING TWO

UNRELATED THINGS TO CREATE NEW
UNDERSTANDING AND MEANING.
THEY ARE MARKED BY THE USE OF "
LIKE "AS", "SUCH AS."
EXAMPLES:

THE DOORS OPENED LIKE A MOUTH

LETTING GO OF A LONG- HELD
BREATH.
SHE WHISPERED LIKE SHE WAS
TELLING HER MOTHER TELLING
A BIG SECRET.

IN HER MAID'S FRILLY UNIFORM SHE

LOOKED LIKE A TEENAGE GIRL
GROTESQUELY PUT IN A CHILD'S DRESS.
THE WOMAN SOUNDED LIKE SHE WAS ON
THE BRINK OF FALLING APART.
ANNA FOLLOWED THAT STORY AS FAR AS
SHE COULD.
 2. IMAGERY

IMAGERY- IS THE LITERARY TERM USED

FOR LANGUAGE AND DESCRIPTION
THAT APPEALS TO OUR FIVE SENSES.

WHEN A WRITTER ATTEMPTS TO

DESCRIBE SOMETHING SO THAT IT
APPEALS TO OUR SENSE OF SMELL,
SIGHT, TASTE, TOUCH, AND HEARING
EXAMPLES:

ANNA HEARD THE DOOR

OPENING DOWN THE HALL.

SHE SHOUTED FOR CLARA TOOPEN

THE GATE.

STINKING UP THE AIR WITH THE SMELL

OF FRYING AND THE SMELL OF
BARBEQUE.

SHE STILL HEARD THE BEAT OF HER MOTHER'S

HEAVY STEPS AND THE SLAP OF HER SLIPPERS
AGAINST THE SOLES OF HER FEET.
 3.HYPERBOLE

HYPERBOLE- IT IS A LITERARY
DEVICE IN WHICH
EXAGGERATION IS USED FOR
EMPHASIS OR EFFECT; IT'S AN
EXTRAVAGANT STATEMENT.

THE CONCEPT IS ALSO CALLED

OVERSTATEMENT.
EXAMPLES:

WE NEED TO SWEEP THE HOUSE AND THE

GROUNDS AND LOOK FOR THOSE PEARLS.
AIR CATCHING THE DUST.

SLIPPERS TURNING UP CLOUDS OF GRASSY

EARTH.
 4.OXYMORON

OXYMORON- IS A DEVICE CONTAINING

TWO WORDS THAT SEEM TO
CONTRADICT EACH OTHER.
EXAMPLES:

ANNA COULD CORRECT HER

MISTAKES.

HER FATHER WONDERED

ALOUD