Literary elements are the technical components in all narrative stories. They are the universal and essential elements of all narrative fiction. And all are integral to creating the basic structure of a story in an engaging, compelling, and entertaining way.

Understanding the basic elements and structure of a story will help you be a better reader and writer.

In today’s lesson, we’ll look at the Essential Elements of Literary Text:

Characters, Setting, Plot, Theme, and Point of View. These are in no particular order of importance since they are all vital to creating a well crafted narrative.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Characters
01:48 Six Types of Conflict
03:45 Setting
04:21 Plot
05:35 Plot Structure
07:26 Seven Narrative Frameworks
11:08 Theme
13:13 Point of View
16:09 Final Thoughts

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