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We generally refer to the things that make up a work of literature, its component
parts, as elements. This list contains such things as
• Plot - A plot is a causal sequence of events, the "why" for the things that
happen in the story. The plot draws the reader into the character's lives
and helps the reader understand the choices that the characters make.
• Setting- Includes the time, location, and everything in which a story takes
place, and initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story. Setting has
been referred to as story world or milieu to include a context (especially
society) beyond the immediate surroundings of the story. Elements of
setting may include culture, historical period, geography, and hour. Along
with plot, character, theme, and style, setting is considered one of the
fundamental components of fiction. A setting is the time place and social
environment a story takes place.
• Point of view -is the way the author allows you to "see" and "hear" what's
going on. Skillful authors can fix their readers' attention on exactly the
detail, opinion, or emotion the author wants to emphasize by manipulating
the point of view of the story.
Literary Genre
Fiction: It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary
elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-
postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure
imaginative speculation).
sonnet is one of the poetic forms that can be found in lyric poetry from
Europe. The term "sonnet" derives from the Occitan word sonet and the
Italian word sonetto, both meaning "little song". By the thirteenth century, it
had come to signify a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme
scheme and specific structure. The conventions associated with the
sonnet have evolved over its history. The writers of sonnets are
sometimes referred to as "sonneteers," although the term can be used
derisively. One of the best-known sonnet writers is William Shakespeare,
who wrote 154 of them (not including those that appear in his plays). A
Shakespearean, or English, sonnet consists of 14 lines, each line
containing ten syllables and written in iambic pentameter, in which a
The word is taken directly from the Greek drama, meaning “a deed or action of
the stage.” The Greek word evolved from the Greek term dran, meaning “to do”
or “to act.”