Below
are elements that characterize the different genres. Each or several can be
analyzed to provide insight into a work within the particular genre.
Fiction
Plot
structure
setting
character
point
of view
language
(diction, sentence pattern)]
style
(metaphor, simile)
theme
irony
symbol
Poetry
Voice:
Speaker, tone
Diction:
denotation, connotation
Imagery
Figures
of speech: simile, metaphor,
personification, apostrophe, metonymy
symbolism
More
figures: irony, paradox, hyperbole, understatement
Allusion
tone
Sound:
rhyme, alliteration, assonance
rhythm/meter
Structure:
closed and open form
theme
Essay
voice
style
thesis
structure
Drama
characters
dialogue
setting
plot
structure
theme