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ELEMENTS OF
STORY
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SETTINGsetting includes:● Place → city name?
● Time → historical period, year, month, time of day, season, etc
● Social Conditions → What’s going on in the world at the time this story takes place? What about the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, etc. of a particular place/time? What are the economic conditions like?
● Mood or Atmosphere → rainy, sunny, stormy, night vs. day (all of these aspects create mood or atmosphere)
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CHARACTER Two Meanings:
● The literal person (name) in a work of fiction
● The characteristics of a person
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CHARACTERLiteral Person
● protagonist: main character(s)● antagonist: opposing character(s) ● supporting characters: remainder
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CHARACTERCharacteristics: the information the author gives the reader about the characters themselves. We learn this through:
● direct statements by the author/narrator
● physical appearance
● what they say, think, feel and dream
● their actions
● what other characters say about them and how others react to them
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CONFLICT
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INTERNAL: a struggle within one’s self
EXTERNAL a struggle with a force outside one’s self
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Person vs. PersonPerson vs. SelfPerson vs. EnvironmentPerson vs. Society/Community Person vs. Supernatural Person vs. Technology
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POV (Point of View)
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always ask yourself:
Are there any biases or inconsistencies in your narrator? Do we trust the narrator?
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First Person: ● story is told by the protagonist or another character that
interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters
● uses first person pronouns (“I”, “me”, “we”, etc.)
● reader sees the story through this person's eyes as they
experience it and only knows what they know/feel
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Second Person: ● the main character in the story is referred to using the
second person pronoun, “you”
● rarely used
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Third Person: ● story is told using a narrator who is located outside of
the action of the story
● uses third person pronouns (“he”, “she”, “his”, “her”, “they” etc.)
● three subcategories: ○ Omniscient○ Limited Omniscient○ Objective
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Omniscient: ● means “all knowing”
● the narrator can move from character to character, event to
event, having free access to the thoughts, feelings and
motivations of any character
● can introduce information where and when he or she chooses
third person sub-category 1:
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Limited Omniscient: ● story is told by a third person narrator, but from the viewpoint
of one character in the story○ usually the main character or protagonist
● reader has access to the thoughts and feelings of only one character
third person sub-category 2:
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Objective: ● appears as though a camera is following the characters,
recording only what is seen and heard.
● there is no comment on the characters or their thoughts.
● reader = spectator ○ reader has to interpret events on their own
third person sub-category 3:
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THEME
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THEMEThe controlling idea or central insight. It is a broad, general,
universal truth that is NOT particular to just this one story. ● Knowledge can be used for destructive ends ● For the benefit of society, sometimes an individual's needs must be
sacrificed● Appearances can be deceiving● Love can sometimes be more destructive than freeing
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fin.
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PLOT
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EXPOSITIONThe beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is
revealed.
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RISING ACTIONThe events in the story become
complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed.
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CLIMAX The highest point of interest the
turning point of the story.
We are left wondering, what will happen next? Will the conflict be resolved or not?
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FALLING ACTIONThe events and complications begin
to resolve themselves.
The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
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RESOLUTION/DENOUEMENT
The final outcome or untangling of events in the story.