LITERARY ELEMENTS
Tyler A, Aakash T, Jordan J.
Personification
Definition: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Example: a talking chair.
Motivation
Definition: A certain way a character behaves because of certain events.
Example: Harry Potter decides to fight against evil for the future of the world.
Oxymoron
Definition: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Example: stupidly awesome.
Meter
Definition: Stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
Example: the little clown was sad because he was not very bright.
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Example: BOOM.
Motif
Definition: a recurring subject or theme.
Example: In the giver the dystopian theme is recurring.
Mood
Definition: the atmosphere in which the setting is.
Example: A foggy morning that is silent is zombie weather.
Paradox
Definition: a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
Example: A rich man is no richer than a poor man.