Setting

1
Setting

• Time Place of the action
• Includes all the details of a time place (year,
  time of day, weather, country, city,
  neighborhood)
• Dialect, clothing, customs, transportation help
  establish setting
• It is the backdrop for most stories
• It helps create mood and feeling

2
Point of View

• The perspective or vantage point, from which a
  story is told
• 3 Types of Point of View
• First person- point of view is told by a
  character who uses the first-person pronoun I
• Omniscient third person- the narrator knows and
  tells about what each character feels and thinks
• Limited third person- The narrator uses
  third-person pronouns such as he and she to
  refer to the characters.
• Often a character who is telling the story about
  the main character

3
Symbol

• Anything that stands for or represents something
  else
• Common in everyday life
• Example
• A blindfolded woman holding a balanced scale is a
  symbol or justice

4
Conflict

• The struggle between opposing forces
• One of the most important elements of a story
  because it causes the action
• Types of Conflict
• Man vs. Man (External)
• Man vs. Society (External)
• Man vs. Nature (External)
• Man vs. Self (Internal)
• Man vs. Fate (Mythology and Drama)