L1.1 | LITERARY ELEMENTS

• LITERARY ELEMENTS

  1. Character
  2. Setting
  3. Theme
  4. Plot
  5. Conflict
  6. Point of View
  7. Imagery
• CHARACTER

  • Any person, or sometimes an animal, or figure represented in a literary work. 
• CHARACTER

  1. Main Character
  2. Minor Character
  3. Protagonist
  4. Antagonist
• MAIN CHARACTER

  • Important in the story
• MINOR CHARACTER

  • Usually static or unchanging.
• PROTAGONIST

  • Whom the reader emphasizes
• ANTAGONIST

  • Goes against the protagonist.
• SETTING

  • Time, place, and environment in which the story takes place. 
  • Also include the historical context, mood, and sensory details.
• TIME

  • When is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day, year, etc.)
• WEATHER

  • Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc.?
• SOCIAL CONDITIONS

  • What is the daily life of the characters like?
• MOOD OR ATMOSPHERE

  • What feeling is created at the beginning of the story?
• THEME

  • Underlying message, or big Idea. 
  • Authors thoughts
  • Controlling  Idea
  • Not a plot summary
• SUBJECT

  • Usually in a word or two
• PLOT

  • Sequence of events that make up a story, and how those events are presented to the reader.
• PLOT

  1. Exposition
  2. Rising Action
  3. Climax
  4. Falling Action
  5. Resolution
• EXPOSITION

  • Introduction of the characters and setting.
• RISING ACTION

  • Events that characters take to solve the problem
• CLIMAX

  • Most exciting part of the story.
• FALLING ACTION

  • Events that follow the climax
• RESOLUTION

  • Conclusion of the story.
• CONFLICT

  1. External
  2. Man vs Man
  3. Man vs Nature
  4. Man vs Society
  5. Internal
  6. Man vs Self
• MAN VS MAN

  • A character has a problem with one or more of the other characters
• MAN VS NATURE

  • A character has a problem with some natural phenomenon
• MAN VS SOCIETY

  • A character has a problem with the societal elements 
• MAN VS SELF

  • A character has a problem deciding what to do in a particular situation.
• POINT OF VIEW

  1. First Person
  2. Second Person
  3. Third Person Limited
  4. Third Person Omniscient
• FIRST PERSON

  • Narrator is a character in the story, providing a personal and subjective view.
  • Pronoun: I, We
• SECOND PERSON

  • Directly addresses the reader, making them part of the story.
  • Pronoun: You
• THIRD PERSON LIMITED

  • Narrator focuses on one character’s thoughts and experiences.
  • Pronoun: He, She, They
• THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT

  • Narrator knows all the characters' thoughts and emotions.
• IMAGERY

  • Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
• IMAGERY

  1. Visual Imagery
  2. Auditory Imagery
  3. Kinesthetic Imagery
  4. Tactile Imagery
  5. Olfactory Imagery
• VISUAL IMAGERY

  • Appeals to sense of sight.
• AUDITORY IMAGERY

  • Appeals to sense of sound.
• KINESTHETIC IMAGERY

  • Appeals to actions and movement
• TACTILE IMAGERY

  • Appeals to sense of touch
• OLFACTORY IMAGERY

  • Appeals to sense of smell