what are the essential element of the literary pieces under different periods of literature
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For example, plot, theme, character and tone are literary elements, whereas figurative language, irony, or foreshadowing would be considered literary techniques.
Component parts of a work of literature.
Allegory : The characters are representative of some larger humanistic trait and attempt to convey some larger lesson or meaning in life.
Allusion : A reference to something in history, culture or literature (especially historical).
Antagonist : The force that works against the protagonist.
Characterization : The creation and development of the people in a story.
Climax : The point in the story where the conflict is at its peak.
Conflict : The struggle a character must overcome.
Connotation : Implied meaning of the word is the associated meaning that comes from its use in various social contexts; will change over time and vary from location to location.
Crisis : A significant turning point in the story that determines how it must end.
Diction : The author's choice of words to imply some social or connotative meaning.
Exposition : The background information of a story.
Flashback : A strategy of plot sequencing where the author takes the reader back to events that occurred before the present time in the story.
Foreshadowing : Use of clues to suggest something that is going to happen.
Imagery : The author's attempt to create a mental picture in the mind of the reader.
Irony : A twist of fate in which the results of action are not the expected results.
Metaphor : A comparison of two generally unlike things meant to illuminate truth.
Motif : A recurring image or idea.
Mood : The feeling a reader gets from a story.
Plot : The events that occur in a story.
Point of View : Refers to whether that story is told by a character or an outside observer.
Protagonist : The character the story revolves around.
Resolution : The conclusion of the story.
Setting : Where and when the action takes place.
Structure : The way that the writer arranges the plot of a story.
Subplot : A secondary plot strand that is a supporting side story for the main plot.
Suspense : The tension that the author uses to create a feeling of discomfort about the unknown.
Symbolism : A person, place, event or object that has a deeper meaning that its literal meaning.
Theme : The central idea or lesson about life that an author conveys.
Tone : The author's voice or attitude about what he or she writes