Elements of a Story

Elements of a Story

1. Plot

   • The plan of the story, the element that makes a story a story.
   • 1)Beginning
   • 2)Rising Action
   • 3)Climax
   • 4)Falling Action
   • 5)Resolution

2. Setting

   • Where the story is set.
   • It helps to build background and create images in the mind, it helps set the mood of the story.
   • Details describe: -Time of Day -Time of Year -Time of History -Scenery -Weather -Location

3. Characters

   • Protagonist
     • The Good Guy (Pro)
     • E.G-Indiana Jones
   • Antagonist
     • The Bad Guy (Anti)
     • E.G- Darth Vader
   • Characterization- Is the way in which an author shows the personality of the character. (The technique in which an author brings their character to "life"
   • Characters are people or animals in the story
   • The writer can tell you directly about the character
   • The writer can tell you indirectly abut the character

4. Conflict

   • Man VS Society Man VS Himself Man VS Nature
   • The writer can add different types of conflict.
   • Foreshadowing- Its a technique used by writers to put their readers on edge, they give way that something bad is going to happen before the event actually occurs.
   • Conflict adds interest to the story, it causes tention, excitement, drama.

5. Theme

   • The main idea throughout the story.
   • E.G.- Romeo and Juliet, the main theme present I felt was passion ,for their was passion of hatred and passion of love.

6. Descriptive Language

   • The five senses: Sound, Sight, Taste, Smell, Feel
   • Descriptive words
   • Bio-graphical detail

7. Poetic Language

   • Simile
   • Metaphor
   • Allitertion
   • Assonance

8. Poetic Licence- When a writer uses a word in a conventional way, they use it incorrectly. E.G.- "Where the channel snaked".You bend the meaning