Basic Literary Elements

a piece of fiction that tells a story and can typically be read in one sitting

on-dimensional, having only one or two main characteristics

What do we call a type or category of a literary work?

knows everything about all the characters and events at all times

do not change during a story

a narrator who is a character in the story and can only tell what he or she thinks and does

This piece of literature is

speaks directly to the reader

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

information that tells a reader what the characters do (on stage) in a drama

has depth, with multiple characteristics--more like a real person

written in lines with rhythm

undergoes a significant change by the end of the story

not part of the story and knows what only one character is thinking