What are the three elements of a novel?

Characters are the core of a novel Plot is the skeleton of a novel Setting is the backbone of a novel The main means is characterization Characters in a novel are called typical characters. They can be depicted through their actions, language, psychology and demeanor The storyline includes the beginning, development, climax and ending

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Novels are a genre of literature centered on the portrayal of characters, reflecting the social life through the complete storyline and the specific description of the environment. The novel has three elements: character, storyline, and setting (natural and social environment). The main means of reflecting social life in a novel is characterization. Characters in the novel, we call the typical character; this character is created by the author according to the real life, he is different from the real life, "mixed with all kinds of things, synthesize one", through such a typical character image to reflect life, more concentrated, more generally representative. Novel characterization means can be a general introduction, can be a specific description, can write the appearance of the characters, but also can portray the psychological activities of the characters; both the characters can be the action of the dialogue, but also can be inserted appropriately into the author's argument; both the front of the pen, but also the side of the baking. Novel is mainly through the storyline to show the character and express the center. The story comes from life, but it is more concentrated, more complete and more representative than the real things that happen in the present life through organizing, refining and arranging. The environment description and characterization of the novel have extremely important relationship with the central idea. In the environmental description, the social environment is the key point, which reveals all kinds of complex social relations, such as the identity and status of the characters, the historical background of their growth, etc. The natural environment includes the place, the place of the characters' activities, the place of the characters' lives, and the place of the characters' lives. The natural environment includes the place, time, season, climate and scenery of the character's activities. The description of the natural environment has a lot to express the mood of the characters, rendering the atmosphere.

Simply put, novels are centered on characterization, reflecting social life through the narration of the storyline and the description of the environment.