Literary Elements
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
Alliteration
Definition- The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
Example- Alice's aunt ate apple and acorns around August.
Allusion
Definition- An expression used to call something mine without mentioning it; an indirect reference.
Example- "As the cave's roof collapsed, he was swallowed up in the dust like Jonah..."
Anatagonist
Definition- The character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.
Example- The Joker is the antagonist of Batman.
Apostrophe
Definition- Used to show the possession of an object or word. Also used to represent conjunctions or slang
Example- We crowded around Mallika's computer to watch YOUTUBE.
Archetype
Definition- A very typical example of a certain person or thing.
Example- Cheerleaders: stereo-typically dumb and blonde, of course this isn't true
Assonance
Definition- The repeating of vowel sounds to create rhyming.
Example- Reese's Pieces
Character
Definition- A person in a play, book. or movie.
Example- Harry Potter from the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling is a character