2. Story Literary Elements Some basics that every good story must have ….

3. Plot is the series of events that make up a story

4. Plotline Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution 1 2 3 4 5

5. The time and place of the story is the setting

6. Exposition The first stage of the plot; Introduces the setting and some of the characters

7. Rising Action Events before the climax; The conflict is introduced

8. climax The climax is the most exciting part! The turning point – the most dramatic moment Everything changes after this event

9. Falling Action Events after the climax but before the resolution of the ending of the story

10. Resolution Conclusion; The conflict is fixed

11. Theme  The  The meaning or message of the story  Can  Can be expressed by one or two sentence statement about human beings or about life  May  May be stated directly or implied

12. Example of Theme For example, the subject of the Aesop’s fable the turtle and hare is a race, the theme is: “Slow and steady wins the race.”

13. Great stories have a conflict Man vs. Man Man vs. NatureMan vs. Society Man vs. Himself Man vs. Machine

14. Conflict  Problems;  Problems; the struggles between two forces  Every  Every plot must contain some kind of conflict  Stories  Stories can have more than one conflict  Conflicts  Conflicts can be external or internal External External conflict conflict - outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a nonhuman obstacle - Struggle against other characters, idea or organization Internal - takes place in a character’s mind - The struggle within a character (choices or fears)

15. Symbol An object or action that stands for something else; Something that has a deeper meaning

16. Every story needs characters People Animals Or Creatures

17. Characterization  Actions,  Actions, words, or thoughts that give information about a character  Two  Two primary methods of characterization: Direct- Direct- writer tells what the character is like Indirect- Indirect- writer shows what a character is like by describing what the character looks like, by telling what the character says and does, and by what other characters say about the character.

18. The protagonist is the “good guy” or main character

19. The antagonist is the “bad guy” or force

20. Mood The feeling or atmosphere in the story

21. point of view tells w The point of view tells who tells the story (1st = I, 3rd = he or she) “That rotten wolf tried to eat us!!!!” “I was framed! I just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar!”

22. Narrator Person who tells the story Third Person – Narrator First Person – Told by a certain character

23. A hint about what will happen next is called foreshadowing For example, if you hear this For example, if you hear this: Then you know someone’s about to get eaten!

24. Motive Something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.