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Story Elements. Are the essentials or basic items that a piece of text needs in order to be a story or literature.The plot is the plan of action of a story or a novel.. Components of Plot. IntroductionProblem/ConflictRising ActionClimaxResolution/SolutionConclusion. Introduction. The introduction is the beginning of the story up to the point where there is conflict or a problem.The introduction also introduces the main characters, setting and rising action..
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1. Story Plot Mrs. Kristi Abdullah
Please add these to your reading notes.
3. Components of Plot Introduction
Problem/Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution/Solution
Conclusion
4. Introduction The introduction is the beginning of the story up to the point where there is conflict or a problem.
The introduction also introduces the main characters, setting and rising action.
5. Introduction-Continues The characters are the people, items or animals featured in the story. The main character/s will be in the entire story.
The setting is the time, location, background information that contributes to the comprehension of the story.
6. Introduction-Continues The rising action gives details/events that add to the story’s plot; the rising action can be a series of events that lead to conflict or a problem. This is the part of the story where the tension is built.
We will identify 3-4 for class discussion.
7. Problem/Conflict The problem/conflict in a text is a struggle that the main character is facing.
The conflict may be internal or external.
A struggle does not always mean something bad.
8. Problem/Conflict-Continues A struggle can be a decision/event that will cause the character to have to choose.
9. Climax The climax is the turning point in the story. This is where the story changes.
The climax is the event or point in the story that changes a character’s way of thinking or behaving.
The climax will usually follow a series of events.
10. Resolution/Solution The part of the story when the character has resolved the problem to be one way or the other.
It is the explanation or result (outcome) of the problem.
It’s the answer to what the character struggled with.
11. Conclusion The conclusion is the last physical event in the story.
It can be as simple as a smile, handshake or a wave good-bye.
It can also be as involved as a family separating, a death, or broken relationship.
12. Conclusion-Continued A conclusion is a physical event and it must be the last thing to occur in the story.
It may sometimes come before the last sentence in the book or could be the last sentence.
