CREATIVE

NONFICTION
LESSON 2
THE LITERARY ELEMENTS
LESSON 2
CHARACTER
CHARACTER

FLAT ROUND
CHARACTER CHARACTER
“wicked leading
stepmom” role

“loyal “to come

servant” to life”
CHARACTER

STATIC DYNAMIC
CHARACTER CHARACTER
“remains “undergoes
the same” changes”
SETTING
Simply put, setting
answers the
question “where”
and “when” about
the narrative.
Answers to these
questions give rise
to the two types of
setting: the physical
and chronological
setting.
SETTING

PHYSICAL CHRONOLOGICAL
SETTING
SETTING
“where the
“general or
story takes
specific”
place”
SETTING
Aside from the chronological and physical setting, it
also includes the following:
▪ the immediate surroundings of the characters such as
props in a scene: trees, furniture, food, inside of a
house or car, etc.,
▪ the weather such as cloudy, sunny, windy, snow, or
rain, etc., and
▪ the geographical location including the city, state,
country, and possibly even the universe, if the writer is
writing science fiction.
PLOT
CONFLICT
THEME
POINT OF VIEW
ELEMENTS OF POETRY

❖RHYME
❖RHYME SCHEME
❖RHYTM
❖LINES (VERSES)
❖STANZAS
❖FREE VERSE
❖FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

❖This includes presentation elements like

venue, costumes, set design, lighting
design, and music.
THANK YOU!