Elements of Children and Color
Adolescent Literature Texture
Illustrations
Quality reading materials do not Other Stylistic Elements
literally express everything the
reader needs to know. Musical Quality
It allows readers to discover Actions
meanings.
Humor
Analyzing literature will help the
readers process their own Story Interests
experiences and branch out Main Characters
beyond their own beliefs.
Protagonist (hero)
Through the knowledge of
literary elements, readers are Antagonist (villain)
guided in critically analyzing a How would you describe a hero
piece of literary work. and a villain?
Verbal Elements Who are the most unforgettable
villains?
Characters
Supporting Characters
Setting
Those that serve as a
Plot backdrop to the main
Theme character’s story
POV Common allies
Visual Elements Provide comic relief
Lines Confidantes
Shapes Mentors
Sidekicks Secondary characters of
importance
Love interests
Confidante
Round Characters
Closest persons to the
Most developed
protagonists
Undergo character
Help the protagonists to
transition
make decisions, handle
Flat Characters problems, provide advice,
Someone who has not persuade, or confront the
shown complex emotions protagonist
Static Characters
Setting
Those who do not change
over time; their Time and place where the
personalities do not evolve story takes place
Stock Characters Can be stated directly
Usually stereotyped or Can be revealed through
those that are recognizable characters’ eyes, manners,
and based on clichés orientations
Foil Characters Can be mentioned in the
title
Anyone who exhibits
contrasting qualities of the Types of Setting
protagonist or another Integral Part
character to highlight the
difference
Deuteragonists
Time and place are Rising Action
described in detail, Climax
including language use,
societal norms, clothes, Falling Action
and transportation Resolution
If there would be no other
better place than what is in Theme
the piece
Central idea or hidden
Backdrop meaning of the story
Moderately less important Different from the subject
Creates visual charm of the story
Presents universal ideas, Examples of Themes:
not specific Good VS Evil – "In the
"Once upon a time, in a battle between good and
faraway land" evil, good always
triumphs."
Plot True Love – "True love
knows no reason."
Narrative or logical order of
events Friendship – "No matter
how friends are separated
Aristotle’s Unified Plot Structure by time and distance, true
Beginning friendship remains."
Middle
End Point of View (POV)
Freytag’s Plot Structure A perspective that
determines who tells the
Exposition story
How much the narrator that enhance storytelling and
knows about the story reader engagement.
Types of POV: Types of Lines and Their
Meanings
Alternating POV – A single
incident is told from Straight Lines – Stability,
different perspectives order, clarity, control
Third Person Omniscient – Jagged or Broken Lines –
The narrator is all-knowing, Chaos, tension, uncertainty,
aware of past and future fragmentation
events, and knows the Curved Lines – Softness,
characters more than they fluidity, emotion, natural
know themselves movement
Third Person Limited – Diagonal Lines – Motion,
Readers get to know the change, imbalance, action
characters deeply by
observing their feelings and Vertical Lines – Ambition,
emotions rigidity, height, aspiration
Objective POV – The Horizontal Lines – Peace,
narrator does not disclose relaxation, eternity,
or enter the minds of stagnation
characters but narrates as Zigzag/Wavy Lines –
an observer or reporter Excitement, chaos,
only unpredictability, whimsy
Dashed/Dotted Lines –
Visual Elements in Literature Pauses, hesitation,
Literature is not only about incompleteness, mystery
words but also visual elements
Shapes in Literature Blue – Peace, melancholy,
loyalty, wisdom
Circles – Perfection,
continuity, protection, Yellow – Warmth,
infinity optimism, deceit,
cowardice
Squares and Rectangles –
Balance, logic, reliability, Green – Life, hope,
human-made structures prosperity, jealousy
Triangles – Strength Black – Darkness, grief,
(upright), instability secrecy, authority
(inverted), hierarchy, White – Goodness, peace,
transformation sterility, void
Stars – Inspiration, Purple – Luxury, nobility,
spirituality, dreams, fate creativity, magic
Crosses and X shapes – Orange – Excitement,
Religious faith, struggle, enthusiasm, instability
moral dilemmas
Brown – Groundedness,
Honeycomb Patterns – reliability, decay
Cooperation, intelligence,
systematic order Pink – Softness, romance,
naivety, sweetness
Hearts – Passion, romance,
compassion, suffering Gray – Lack of clarity,
dullness, uncertainty
Color Symbolism in Literature Gold – Power,
achievement, luxury,
Red – Love, desire, war, corruption
violence, warning