Focus Question

How does knowing about literary elements impact understanding a story?

There are many ways in which literary elements greatly affect a story. Some literary elements that affect a story are perspective, time, character, and plot. Not only do they affect them but the student understanding each of these affects how they view a story. This is because they will be able to decide what each element means or adds to the story. Perspective is important because it is good to know and understand what perspective a story is from and how it would differ had it been written from a different view. Perspective and character both add to the story because they can personify a character and help you to really connect with the book. Time is another element that can affect a story because time can be in order or flashback, each idea of time adds to the story line of the book. The time of a book is important because the author can tell information through time and it can give background information to a story.