: When crafting these artistic worlds, authors focus on the foundational elements of plot, characters, and background . 📖 Major Forms and Genres

: Just as a painter uses pigments, writers use diction and figurative language—like metaphors and symbolism—to build "miniature worlds" .

Literature is traditionally classified as one of the "seven arts," alongside music, painting, sculpture, architecture, performance, and film .

Focuses on middle-class life and "truthful" depictions of the world . The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain