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Story Literary Elements. The key basics that every good story must have …. THE EXPOSITION. Where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced. . Every story needs characters. Animals. People. Or Creatures. The protagonist is the “good guy”.
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Story Literary Elements The key basics that every good story must have ….
THE EXPOSITION • Where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.
Every story needs characters Animals People Or Creatures
Great stories have a conflict Man vs. Man Man vs. Nature Man vs. Society Man vs. Himself
A hint about what will happen next is called foreshadowing For example, if you hear this: Then you know someone’s about to get eaten!
USE VIVID LANGUAGE • What do you feel? • What do you see? • What do you hear? • What does it taste like? • How does it smell?
RISING ACTION • Where the characters take steps to help solve the problem in series of events.
FALLING ACTION • The major conflict in the story is starting to get resolved in a series of events (tying up loose ends in the story).
RESOLUTION • Where the problem is solved. This is the outcome of the story. • There should be a theme or lesson learned in your story. The character should learn a lesson or overcome an obstacle.
The point of view is the perspective of the story. First person works well (I, me, my, mine, we, us, ours) “I was framed! I just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar!” “That rotten wolf tried to eat us!!!!”
USE DIALOGUE! • BALANCE YOUR DIALOGUE (NOT TOO MUCH, NOT TOO LITTLE). • DIALOGUE SHOULD MOVE YOUR STORY ALONG! • REMEMBER DIALOGUE RULES!
USE VIVID LANGUAGE! • IMAGERY • ALLITERATION • SIMILE • METAPHOR • ONOMATOPOEIA • HYPERBOLE • IDIOM • OXYMORON
GOOD WRITING • VARY SENTENCES • USE CORRECT PUNCTUATION • WATCH SPELLING • NEW IDEAS=NEW PARAGRAPHS • STAY ON TOPIC