The Intrinsic Aspect of Literature

1. Character
 A figure in a story, poem, or play that has a special personality which is different from the others.
Example: In a story “Aladin”, we have character Aladin and Jasmine.

2. Setting
 The explanation of time, place, condition, and social environment.
Example: In a story “Cinderella”, the party took place in the palace at night.

3. Theme
 The main idea which is underlying a story, poem, or play.
Example: In a story “Snow White”, we have a theme: “We have to be grateful and don’t be jealous of the others.

4. Plot
 The sequence of the actions and events in a story.
Example: In the story of “Romeo and Juliet”,
Romeo falls in love with Juliet -> Their parents don’t like if they have a relationship -> Their relationship is backstreet -> Their parents know about it -> They separate them -> Romeo and Juliet are suicide together.
5. Symbol
 A word which is representing more than its literal meaning.
Example: Winter represents the death, sleep, hibernation, or stagnation.

6. Point of View
 The position or perspective which explains where is the writer in her or his story.
Example: In the recount, we usually use first point of view (it always uses the subject ‘I’). In a Cinderela story, we usually use third point of view (it always uses the subject ‘she’ or ‘he’).

7. Imagery
 Describing of a story, poem, and play. It connects with our five senses, appeals to sight (visual images), there is also images of touch (tactile), sound (auditory), taste (gustatory), and smells (olfactory).

8. Meter
 A recurring pattern of stressed (accented, or long) and unstressed (unaccented, or short) syllables in lines of a set length.

9. Figurative Language
 A literary language which is representing a meaning of the writer thought.
There are Methapor, Personification, Metonymy, Paradoks, Overstatement/Hyperbole, Understatement, Irony, Allusion