Children and Adolescent Lit

• The elements of children and adolescent literature are the building blocks of the genre.
• Purpose is the reason for or intent in writing.
• Plot in children and adolescent literature can be chronological order, linear, may start in the middle or end, non-linear, starts and ends with the same event, cyclic, tightly connected series of events, episodic, two or more characters are experiencing the same time but different events, parallel, eventually progresses, protagonist vs antagonist, overcoming the monster, starts in a low social position and improves, sets off on a journey or mission then faces obstacles, journeys to a new place then learns important lessons before returning home, designed to make the audience laugh and has a h
• Setting in children and adolescent literature can be integral, vague, can be almost anywhere, and it doesn’t affect the story much.
• Backdrop setting in children and adolescent literature is a setting that doesn’t affect the story much.