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AN INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING LITERARY DEVICES AND ELEMENTS

 * Author:
   Michelle Monarrez
 * Updated:
   Dec 26, 2022 11:32 AM EST




Introducing literary devices and elements into your writing.

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ONTO THE BASICS

In this article, I talk about the basics of creative writing. We will be
analyzing important terminology and how to use certain techniques of writing.
I'll be using all the knowledge my training has left me, along with some other
sources. We will start with a rundown of literary devices and elements.








WHAT ARE LITERARY DEVICES?

You have probably heard about this in any of your Literature courses or even
some English classes. If not, where have you been?! Literary devices, or
literary terms, are tools of language used by authors to deliver their message
more effectively. These tools also give writing a more rich and more vivid
feeling.




This means that instead of delivering plain, boring, tasteless text, authors
give us interesting and compelling stories adorned with these tools. Literary
devices can be used for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, but in this case, we
will concentrate on the use of literary devices in fiction works. The first
thing to know about literary terms is that they are divided into two categories:
Literary Elements and Literary Techniques.






Literary devices


LITERARY ELEMENTS

A story can't exist without literary elements. Any written or spoken story will
have them. The definition of literary elements is the parts that form a story.
Any written story has a plot, a setting, characters, and other elements. These
are highly used by writers to make a story more compelling, interesting, and
overall more complete. Some important literary elements and their brief
definitions are listed below.





 * Plot: The arrangement of events in a narrative, carefully crafted by an
   author.
 * Setting: Place, time, and social environment in which the story takes place.
 * Characters: The participants of a story or the people involved in it.
 * Narrator: The person telling the story.
 * Point of View: Stance from which the story is told.
 * Dialog: Conversations between characters in a narrative.
 * Protagonist: The character the story focuses on.
 * Antagonist: Anything that opposes the protagonist and intervenes between the
   protagonist and his/her goals.
 * Archetype: A recurrent symbol, theme, setting, or character type that recurs
   in different times and places in myth, literature, and folklore.






Literay elements


LITERARY TECHNIQUES

These are tools used by authors to give depth to their writing. Literary
techniques are specific aspects of literature used to deliver a message of any
written work more effectively. The difference between literary elements and
techniques is that these techniques are only found in written works.






Also, stories can exist without them. Furthermore, think of literary techniques
as clues to a deeper meaning. Many techniques let the reader know what will
happen in the story later on or if a character will be delicate or strong.

Down below, you will find the literary techniques we will focus on.

 * Flashback: Presentation of events that occurred in the past, either at the
   beginning of the story or before the story took place.
 * Voice: A characteristic, unique form of narrative that each author has.
 * Characterization: The method by which a writer presents the personality,
   appearance and other traits of a character.
 * Symbol: An object or situation that represents something beyond itself.
 * Motif: Recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, or object that repeatedly
   manifests during the course of a story.
 * Theme: Idea that the author repeats in the story to point to a deeper
   meaning.
 * Foreshadowing: Tool used by authors to hint what is to come or one possible
   outcome of a story.
 * Stream-of-consciousness: Technique that allows the reader to see the
   continuous, chaotic, and half-formed thoughts, memories, senses, images, and
   reflections that constitutes a character's consciousness.






Learning about literary devices

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LEARNING ABOUT LITERARY DEVICES

So why is it important to learn about literary devices? This is not only
something wanna-be-writers should learn; this is important for experienced
writers to remember and for everyone to know about. Learning about these tools
allows us to analyze works of literature.






Sure, you might enjoy reading, but what about the deeper meaning of a novel, the
meaning behind the story? To enjoy a literary piece to the fullest, it is
important to understand many other aspects of it beyond the story it's telling.
For example, by which social issues was it surrounded, what is the message the
writer wanted to convey, what do we—the audience—feel when reading it, and
overall why this story was written?




Now that we understand the importance of literary devices, we can learn how to
use them. If we want to analyze a novel, for example, we don't have to take the
whole thing and analyze everything at once. That's suicide. Instead, we divide
the novel by identifying its parts or its literary elements. We separate the
plot, setting, type of narrator, point of view, and so on.






We might also want to look at the historical context. After identifying all the
parts of the novel, we must identify any literary techniques that might be
present in the book and analyze them. Why are these techniques in the book? What
the author wanted us to understand? What do we feel when we approach each
technique separately?

As writers, literary terms should be the foundation of our work. They allow us
to look at other authors' works from which we need to learn– because we know how
important it is for a writer to be an avid reader– and understand them better.
Learning about these tools will add beauty, meaning, and depth to our own works.








SOURCES

 * "Literary Devices and Literary Terms." Literary Devices. N.p., n.d. Web. 29
   Oct. 2014.
 * Vigil, Joseph. "Literary Elements: Definition, Types & Examples." Education
   Portal. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.







COMMENTS

Rayven from Indianapolis on January 25, 2020:

I found this article very inciteful. It will be helpful in learning more that
will improve my writing. I found Hobby Lark by accident. I'm glad about that. I
bookmarked this article. Thank you for writing it.



Michelle Monarrez (author) from El Paso, TX on January 16, 2015:





Thank you! I hope you found it informative. I look forward to write some more.

Kay Plumeau from New Jersey, USA on January 12, 2015:

Great article, very informative. I really enjoyed the video you posted as well.
Thank you for writing! I look forward to reading more of your work.




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