1. Week 3 Elements of children’s
literature

2. Plot
• Sequence of events which involving characters
in conflict situation
– Exposition
– Rising action
– Climax
– Falling action
– Resolution

3. • Forms of conflicts
– Person vs person
– Person vs self
– Person vs nature
– Person vs society

4. Characters
• The act of creating people out of words
• Animals are given human traits –
anthropomorphism
• How characters are developed?
– Actions
– Descriptions from other characters
– Characters’ personalities

5. Setting
• Helps the readers to visualise the events that
take place
• Forms: place, time
• The appearance or semblance of truth;
likelihood; probability - verisimilitude

6. Theme
• Explicit and implicit
• Underlying ideas

7. Style
• Choice and arrangement of words help create
the mood of the story