1. Story Elements

2. Story Elements Plot Theme - rising action Setting - conflict
- climax
- falling action
- resolution
Theme
Setting
Characters
Point of view
Characterization

3. THEME
The main idea or life lesson, usually expressed as a generalization.
SETTING
The time and place in which a work of literature happens.

4. CHARACTERS POINT OF VIEW The people (or actors) in the story.
First Person – A character tells the story
Third Person - Narrator

5. CHARACTERIZATION
The description of the personalities of the characters in the story and the way in which an author reveals their personalities.

6. PLOT The sequence of major events in a story. The plot includes:
Exposition Statement - The part of the plot that tells how the story begins. (Usually revealed in the first few pages of the story)
Rising Action - The events in the story leading up to the climax.
Conflict - Struggles or problems between opposing forces.

7. More PLOT
Climax - The point of crisis in the plot. It may be the reader’s point of highest interest.
Falling action - The events in the story after the climax is revealed.
Resolution - The final outcome of the story.

8. PLOT DIAGRAM Climax Rising Action Conflict Exposition Resolution
Falling Action
Exposition
Resolution