1. EQ: What are the elements of a story?
Unit 2: Cornell Notes
Title: Fiction
EQ: What are the elements of a story?
Quiz on the content of these notes 

2. Why do we need stories, you ask?
To explain natural phenomenon such as great floods and the creation of the world
To answer such questions such as why we are born and why we die
To help us escape reality by entering a world where the good guy wins, the forces of evil are defeated, and love conquers all
To help define the roles of good and evil such as the hero and the villain so that we might recognize them in reality

3. 3 4 2 1 5 What are the basics of a story?
PLOT: Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another. 3 4 2 1 5

4. 3 4 2 1 5 What is the beginning of the story called?
1. Exposition: Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict (main problem). 3 4 2 1 5

5. 3 4 2 1 5 What is the middle of a story called?
2. Rising Action: This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs, through the main events. 3 4 2 1 5

6. 3. Climax: This is the turning point of the story
3. Climax: This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way. Many call it the most exciting or suspenseful moment. 3 4 2 1 5

7. 4. Falling Action: All loose ends of the plot are tied up
4. Falling Action: All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of ***Fancy term for this= denouement  3 4 2 1 5

8. 3 4 2 1 5 What is the end of a story called?
Resolution: The story comes to a reasonable ending. 3 4 2 1 5

9. Who is in the story?
Characters: The people in the story.
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. 
Characterization is revealed through: direct characterization and indirect characterization.
Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Example: She was a mean sister.
Indirect Characterization shows the audience what the personality of the character is.
Example: She would always throw his toys on top of the shelf, knowing he couldn’t reach them.

10. Dialogue: written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people
Chronological Order: The order in which events happened in real time, without speaking of the future or past events. Think of a timeline 

11. Is there a good guy and a bad guy?
Protagonist: the leading character or one of the major characters.
Antagonist: a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something

12. Isn’t it IRONIC?
Irony a contrast of what is expected and what actually happens
Situational Irony  SOMETHING happens that we wouldn’t expect to happen
Example: a fire station burns down
Dramatic Irony THE READER KNOWS something that the character doesn’t know
Example: In the movie Home Alone, we know Kevin has traps around the house but the thieves do not.
Verbal Irony  What is SAID is different than what is MEANT
Example: You tell someone to break a leg, but you mean for them to have good luck.

14. What is theme?
Theme: Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
In other words… Theme is what the story teaches readers.
A theme is not a word, it is a sentence.
You don’t have to agree with the theme to identify it.
Examples
Money can’t buy happiness.
Don’t judge people based on the surface.
It is better to die free than live under tyranny.

15. Universal Theme: Different writers from different cultures often express similar themes  A theme is a generalization about life or human nature  Certain types of experiences are common to all people everywhere  Come up again and again in literature

16. Conflict Resolution Theme How do I find the theme?
Conflict helps reveal theme What is the conflict, or struggle between opposing forces, that the main character faces? How is the conflict resolved?
Conflict
Resolution
Theme
Two friends find a wallet. One friend wants to return it to the owner; the other wants to keep it.
They return the wallet and share a small reward.
People are often rewarded for making the right moral decision.

17. Writers often express theme through what their characters learn.
Does the main character change?
Does a character realize something he or she did not know before?
Sometimes the title gives clues.
Does the title have a special meaning?
Does it point to the theme?
The theme applies to the entire work.
Test your statement of the theme. Does it apply to the whole work, not just to parts of it?

18. Part of the Bigger Real World
Themes are not explicit (clearly stated).
Themes are implied.
Themes are bigger than the story.
Small
World
of the
Story
Part of the Bigger Real World

19. Cornell Note Summary Answer the Essential Question:
What are the elements of a story?
Also make sure that you have questions, and highlighting
for your notes 