Elements of a Story

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Elements of a Story
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OBJECTIVES

• Identify the elements of a story.
• Define the elements of a story.

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Elements of a Story

• 1. Theme
• 2. Setting
• 3. Characters
• 4. Point of view

• 5. Plot
• - exposition
• - rising action
• - conflict
• - climax
• - falling action
• - resolution

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THEME

• Theme is the life lesson of the story.
• Theme can be stated or implied.

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SETTING

• Setting is the time and place in which a story
  happens.
• Examples haunted house, Ireland, summertime,
  945 a.m., last Tuesday, etc.

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CHARACTERS

• Characters are the people or animals in a story
  (major minor).
• Characterization is the description of the
  characters personalities and the way in which
  the author reveals their personalities.

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MORE ABOUT CHARACTERIZATION

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• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• _____________________________

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POINT OF VIEW

• Point of view lets the reader know WHO is
  talking.
• There are three points of view.

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FIRST PERSON

• A character in the story tells about his or her
  own experiences and ideas.
• Readers only know what that character knows.
• I, me, and we are in the story.

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SECOND PERSON

• The writing tells what you do.
• This is very uncommon. It is only used in
  directions and interactive fiction.
• You is in the story.

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THIRD PERSON

• The story is told by a narrator.
• He, she, it, and they are in the story.
• There are three types of third person writing
  objective, limited, and omniscient.

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MORE ABOUT THIRD PERSON

1. Objective _______________________________________
   _____________________
2. Limited _________________________________________
   ___________________
3. Omniscient ______________________________________
   ______________________

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PLOT

• Plot is the sequence of events in a story. The
  plot includes six parts.
• 1. Exposition - tells how the story begins
  (characters setting)
• 2. Conflict - problems between opposing forces
• 3. Rising Action action in the story that
  leads up to the climax

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MORE ABOUT PLOT

• 4. Climax - crisis point (this is usually the
  readers point of highest interest)
• 5. Falling action - action in the story after the
  climax is revealed
• 6. Resolution - reveals the final outcome
  (happily ever after)

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PLOT DIAGRAM
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Conflict
Exposition
Resolution
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LETS TRY IT!

• Now that we have identified and defined the
  elements of a story, lets use the elements to
  analyze The ACES Phone.