Most Common Literary Elements and Techniques

Conflict--Internal/external--problems, arguments, decisions
Characterization-ADJECTIVES..what kind of person is he/she?
Setting--how are the time and place of events significant?
Irony--the opposite of what the author leads you or characters to believe will happen
Metaphor--comparison without "like" or "as"
Simile--comparison using "like" or "as"
Symbolism--something that stands for something greater than itself
Point-of-view--the perspective from which a story is told
*Mood--atmosphere or feeling of a literary work
Personification--giving human characteristics to inhuman things
Flashback--insertion of event from the past
Imagery--descriptive words--helps you imagine the scene
Foreshadowing--hint of events to come later
Repetition--the repeating of lines or phrases
*Tone--the author's attitude towards a topic