Literary Elements
simile
A comparison using like or as
metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration
Idiom
A expression that doesn't make sense it tooken literally
Personification
Giving human like qualities to an object
onomatopoeia
Sound words
Allusion
A reference to another text
alliteration
Repetition of initial/beginning sounds
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance
repetition of constant sounds
irony
When something is expected to happen but the opposite happens
pun
A word or phrase with double meaning
oxymoron
When two opposite meanings are right next to each other
antithesis
When words with the opposite meaning are in the same sentence/lines but are not next to each other
imagery
Painting a picture with words
rhythm/meter
A pattern of syllables
rhyme
Repetition of words that sound alike in poetry
theme
The lesson/ moral of the story
chronological order
Order of time
Tone
The authors attitude/feeling to a text