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Story Element Notes

Story Element Notes. Setting. The historical time and place and the social circumstances that create the world in which characters live. Setting Revealed Through:. Geographic location Cultural backdrop/social context/time period Artificial environment Props. Plot.

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Story Element Notes

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  1. Story Element Notes

  2. Setting • The historical time and place and the social circumstances that create the world in which characters live.

  3. Setting Revealed Through: • Geographic location • Cultural backdrop/social context/time period • Artificial environment • Props

  4. Plot • The process of the resolution of conflict. • Requires a conflict. • Character in action.

  5. Conflict • The main problem of the story • Does not always have to be a bad thing • Characters in opposition to each other.

  6. Types of Conflict • Person in conflict with another person • Person in conflict with his or her self • Person in conflict with society • Person in conflict with fate • Person in conflict with nature

  7. Point of View • The method in which the author tells the story (Who is telling the story?)

  8. 1st Person POV - Participant • First person pronouns are used to tell the story. (I, me, my, we, us, you) • The narrator could be the major character in the story (story is told by and is about the narrator) • The narrator could be a minor character (narrator tells a story that focuses on someone else, but narrator is still a character)

  9. 3rd Person POV: Non participant • Third person pronouns are used to tell the story. (he, him, she, her, they, them) • Omniscient narrator – The story follows the point of view of several characters. • Limited Omniscient – The story follows the point of view of one character only. • Objective Narrator – The author does not enter a single mind (extremely limited point of view)

  10. Tone & Mood • Tone – the speaker or author’s attitude toward the subject, which is revealed by his/her word choice • Mood – the feeling the writer creates for you, the readers

  11. Climax: Turning point when the reader knows how the conflict will be resolved Rising Action: Events leading to climax Falling Action: Events leading to the resolution Exposition: Characters, setting and mood are established Conflict: The main problem is introduced Denouement: The resolution, when the main conflict is resolved Plot Chart

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