What are the 4 main literary elements?

What are literary elements?

• Could someone please explain what literary elements are and give examples? Thank You =3

• Answer:

  Literary devices are common structures used in writing. These devices can be either literary elements or literary techniques. Literary elements are found in almost every story and can be used to analyze and interpret (e.g. protagonist, setting, plot, theme). Literary techniques, on the other hand, constructions in the text, usually to express artistic meaning through the use of language (e.g. metaphor, hyperbole).