This is a refresher lesson on story elements that were originally covered in previous classes. Story Elements include: Setting Characters Plot Conflict Resolution Point of View Theme
1. Story
2. Character • A person, animal, or imaginary creature that plays a role in the story • Ways to describe them: – Physical traits – personality traits – Motives – Actions – Feelings
3. • The time and place in which the story takes place • Describing: – Environment – time of day or year – historical period – Situation – Place
4. Plot • the structure of the action of a story Plot Mountain
5. Exposition • The beginning of the story Plot Mountain
6. Rising Action • A series of events building the tension toward the climax Plot Mountain
7. • The most intense or crucial moment or event when the tension reaches a Plot Mountain peak
8. Falling Action • The tension fades and the consequences are examined Plot Mountain
9. Resolution • How the story’s central problem is resolved, the conclusion Plot Mountain
10. Theme • Major idea of the story or the message • Like a backpack of treasures you pick up along the journey and open at the end
11. Conflict • Clash between opposing forces – Human vs. Human – Human vs. Nature – Human vs. Self • Without conflict, there is no plot!
12. Point of View The perspective from which the story is told • First person (I, me, us, we) • Second person (you) • Third person (He, she, they) Narrator
13. Tone The attitude or feeling the story gives • Happy • Sad • Scary • Boring…
14. Audience The person reading the story
15. Author’s Purpose The reason for writing the story • To inform • To persuade • To entertain
16. Summarize the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears • Think of: – Plot – Setting – Characters – Theme
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