Elements of Creative Nonfiction for Literary Analysis

The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

• angle

• atmosphere

• characters

• plot

A person in a novel, play, or movie.

• angle

• atmosphere

• character

• characterization

A particular way of approaching or considering an issue or problem.

• angle

• atmosphere

• character

• characterization

The pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art.

• angle

• atmosphere

• character

• characterization

A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

• angle

• atmosphere

• character

• characterization

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

• dialogue

• figures of speech

• plot

• point of view

Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

• dialogue

• figure of speech

• plot

• point of view

A creative use of language to generate an effect; any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken.

• dialogue

• figure of speech

• plot

• point of view

They help the reader to follow your arguments by expressing the relationships between different sentences or parts of a sentence.

• language

• organization

• scene

• transition words/

  connectives

A view or picture of a place, event, or activity:

• language

• organization

• scene

• transition words/ connectives