Story Elements Flipbook Project

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Story Elements Flipbook Project

• Student Notes

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Identifying the Elements of A Plot Diagram

• Student Notes

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Plot Diagram
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1. Exposition

• This usually occurs at the beginning of a short
  story.
• Here the characters setting are introduced.
• We are introduced to the main conflict (main
  problem).

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2. Rising Action

• This part of the story begins to develop the
  conflict(s) with complications.
• Complications are events that test the
  characters.
• A building of interest or suspense occurs.
• Suspense is the growing feeling of
  excitement/anxiety in a story makes you want to
  keep reading!

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3. Climax

• This is the turning point of the story most
  exciting part of the story.
• Usually the main character comes face to face
  with a conflict.
• The main character will change in some way.

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4. Falling Action

• All loose ends of the plot are tied up.
• All of the events that occur after the climax.

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5. Resolution

• The story comes to a reasonable ending.
• Conflict is resolved.
• Also called the denouement.

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Putting It All Together
1. Exposition 2. Rising Action 3. Climax 4.
Falling Action 5. Resolution
Beginning of Story
Middle of Story
End of Story
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Remember The PLOT of a story moves like a roller
coaster
Rising Action/Excitement builds
Climax of the story is at the most exciting point
Falling Action
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Think about the story diagram as you read short
stories.

• As you read
• What is the sequence (order) of events in the
  plot?
• What does the exposition tell the reader at the
  start of the story?
• What are the complications faced by characters
  during the rising action?
• What happens during the falling action of the
  story?
• What is the resolution at the end of the story?

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Story Elements Flip Book

• You will need
• 5 sheets of colored paper each one a different
  color
• A stapler
• Pencil/Pen
• Your brain
• Lets get started.follow me as I show you how to
  fold and staple your paper!

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Story Elements Flip Book

• 1. First Flap
• your name
• Title
• Story Elements
• 6th Grade ELA

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Label each of the Story Elements Flaps like this.
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Story Elements Flip Book
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• Flap 2 Plot Diagram

3. Climax
2. Rising Action
4. Falling Action
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5. Resolution
1. Exposition
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Plot (definition)

• Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of
  events that make up a story.

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This is what your 2nd Flap should look like
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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 3
• Short Story Terms

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 3 Short story terms
• 1. Exposition/introduction beginning part of
  story, sets up story, explains
• Setting when/where story takes place
• Character people, animals, creatures, and
  sometimes things in a story

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 3 Short story terms
• 2. Rising action part of the story where
  complications are added to test character
• Suspense a feeling of excitement/anxiety in a
  story
• Complications events that test characters in a
  story

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 3 Short story terms
• 3. Climax the most exciting part of the story
• 4. Falling action events that occur after the
  climax
• 5. Resolution/dénouement - final part of a story
  where conflict is resolved

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This is what your 3rd Flap should look like
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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 4
• Point Of View/Theme

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 4 Point of View/Theme
• Tone authors attitude towards subject
• Mood how the author makes the reader feel
• Narrator one telling the story
• Point of view perspective from which a story is
  told
• First person narrator tells story (part of
  story) uses pronouns - I, me,we

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 4 Point of View/Theme
• Third Person (limited)-narrator is on outside of
  story uses they, he, she, it, etc.. observing
• Third Person (omniscient) narrator sees all
  even into characters minds all knowing/God like

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A little trick to remember Point of View
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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 4 Point of View/Theme
• Foreshadowing technique of hinting about what
  will eventually happen in story
• Flashback a interruption in the order of events
  in a story usually for info memories not
  events
• Theme the message of a story usually a life
  lesson

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 5
• Characters/
• Conflict

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 5 Characters / Conflict
• Protagonist the main character (hero)
• Antagonist one who opposes the main character
  (anti-hero)
• Characterization technique used by an author to
  create characters for the reader
• Static character a character that stays the
  same during a story

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 5 Characters / Conflict
• Dynamic character a character that changes
  during a story
• Flat character a character that is one sided
  usually a stereotype
• Round character a well-developed character with
  many faults and virtues

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• Motive a characters reason for doing/wanting
  something (usually causes the problem)
• Conflict when a character struggles with an
  opposing force (a problem)
• Internal conflict when a character struggles
  with forces inside himself/herself
• External Conflict - when a character struggles
  with an outside force (another person, society,
  weather, natural events, etc)

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 5 Characters / Conflict
• Types of conflict
• Man vs. Man (External)
• Man vs. Society (External)
• Man vs. Nature (External)
• Man vs. Self (Internal)

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 6
• Genres/Symbols

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 6 Genres/Symbols
• Genre term used to identify different types of
  literature
• Biography a story written about a persons
  life
• Autobiography a story about a persons life
  which is written by that person
• Fantasy a type of fiction that is highly
  imaginative and could not happen

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 6 Genres/Symbols
• Science fiction fiction that takes place in the
  future or in another galaxy/universe
• Historical fiction - fiction that takes place in
  a factual historic setting realistic for time
• Realistic fiction fiction that takes place in a
  realistic setting and could actually happen in
  the modern world

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Flap 6 Genres/Symbols
• Mystery a type of fiction in which a puzzling
  event must be solved
• Symbol a thing that represents something other
  than itself usually an idea
• Examples
• love
• peace

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Story Elements Flip Book

• Now, you should have 4 flaps left save them for
  later
• Label them Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4
• Your flip book will come in handy during your
  next quiz!

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Finally, your Flip Book should look like this
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Story 1 The Dog of Pompeii

• Author Louis Untermeyer
• Genre Historical Fiction

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Story 1 The Dog of Pompeii

• Setting Pompeii, 79 AD
• Characters
• Tito young, blind homeless boy depends on
  Bimbo for survival
• Bimbo Titos dog feeds Tito everyday
• Other residents of the city

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Story 1 The Dog of Pompeii

• Point of View?
• Conflict ?
• Theme ?
• Mood?

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Story 1 The Dog of Pompeii
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• Label the Plot Diagram

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Finally, your Story 1 Flap should look like
this
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Now, complete the same process for the next 3
stories!
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