1. The Visual Exploration
Literary Elements
The Visual Exploration

2. Literary Elements Review
Plot
Character
Setting
Symbol
Motif
Style
Tone
Mood
Imagery
Theme

3. Plot Mountain The story or tale with common components such as:
Introduction
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
See if you can track the action in this clip:
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4. Character Traits: Physical Description, Action, Thoughts, Words
Flat Character vs. Round Character
Point of View (First vs. Third)
Symbol: An object or something material that represents something else
Symbolism: In this clip from Spiderman 2, notice the Character symbolism at the end of the scene when the crown passes him through the subway car. What does Spidey represent here?

5. Setting The physical world The time in which the action takes place
The social milieu (the environment where you find all the manners, customs, and moral values of the people)
When setting reveals character? The setting may help us to understand a characters motives and behaviors. For example, if your house is cold in the winter, you may wear more clothes, take longer showers, or even eat more food.
This one is a “no brainer” to see how setting affects everything:

6. Symbols & Motif
A symbol is a material object representing something else.
In film and literature, a symbol can be an object, concept, or even structure.
A motif is any recurring symbol (things that show up more than once).
The Notebook can’t be in every scene of The Notebook , so it’s theme of everlasting love is enhanced by different symbols… see if you can spot them in this scene.
Bats in Batman are a symbol and a motif. The symbolism is pretty obvious; he only comes out at night, he likes caves, etc. As a motif, showing bats periodically remind us of Batman’s brooding, dark nature. However, in the Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan tapped into a different motif… can you spot it?

7. Style
The way the author uses words to establish mood, tone, imagery, and meaning.
Word choice
Sentence structure
Figurative language (simile, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, puns)
Sentence arrangement
Notice the editing, rain, music, and attitude of Zuckerberg, all creating David Fincher’s sense of drama in this scene from “The Social Network.” N0

8. Theme
Theme is NOT the subject or topic of a literary work but rather what does the literature SAY about that topic.
Example. This play is about love. That is its subject
The play’s theme tells us something about the nature of love. It’s theme is that love can be all powerful, all consuming, and despite all odds, love will win out, in short, love transcends even death.
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