LITERATURE THE MAIN FORMS OF LITERATURE
(A) ELEMENTS OF A POEM MESSAGE SETTING THEME PERSONA AUDIENCE
MESSAGE What does the poem teach?
SETTING Where? When?
THEME What is the central/main idea?
PERSONA Who is speaking?
AUDIENCE Who is the poet speaking to?
(B) ELEMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY MESSAGE THEME CHARACTERS PLOT SETTING
MESSAGE What does the story teach?
THEME What is the central/main idea?
CHARACTERS Who? What are they like?
PLOT What happened?
SETTING Where? When?
(C) ELEMENTS OF THE NOVEL MESSAGE THEME CHARACTERS PLOT SETTING
MESSAGE What does the story teach?
THEME What is the central/main idea?
CHARACTERS Who? What are they like?
PLOT What is the novel about?
SETTING Where? When?