story elements ppt
DESCRIPTION
Introduction to the elements of fiction. These are also referred to as the Short Story elements since it is introduced during the short story unit.TRANSCRIPT
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Mrs. SampleLanguage Arts
7th Grade
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Elements of a Short Story
Plot
Theme
Setting
Character
Conflict
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Plot: How Stories Happen
What is plot?
The structure
of a story
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Parts of Plot
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
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What is Exposition?
• Beginning of story• Introduces characters, setting, and tone
• Beginning of story• Introduces characters, setting, and tone
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What is Rising Action?
• Plot becomes increasingly complicated
• Various problems arise
• Plot becomes increasingly complicated
• Various problems arise
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What is Climax?
The high point of a story
The high point of a story
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What is Falling Action?
• Action following the climax
• Leads to the end
• Action following the climax
• Leads to the end
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What is Resolution?
• Problems are solved
• Action comes to an end
• Problems are solved
• Action comes to an end
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What is the high point of action in a story?
A. Exposition
B. Resolution
C. Climax
D. Falling action
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What is Theme?
• Message about life • What the work is about• What the main character learns
• Message about life • What the work is about• What the main character learns
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What is Tone? • Tells us what the author thinks about his/her
main character. • The author’s attitude toward the story and
readers.
• Tells us what the author thinks about his/her main character.
• The author’s attitude toward the story and readers.
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What is Mood?
• The effect of the writer’s words on the reader.
• How the writer’s words make us feel.
• The effect of the writer’s words on the reader.
• How the writer’s words make us feel.
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What is Setting?
• Place• Time
• Place• Time
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The setting answers the question, “What is the work about?”
True
False
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What is a Character?
A person or animal in a story A person or animal in a story
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Character
• Main character• Hero of the story
• Main character• Hero of the storyWhat is a
protagonist?
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Character
• Opposes protagonist
• Bad guy
• Opposes protagonist
• Bad guyWhat is anantagonist?
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Dynamic vs. StaticDYNAMIC
• Character changes throughout a story. They either do something differently or make a choice they would not have normally made.
STATIC
• Character stays the same through the whole story. This person does not change. They are actually very predictable through the whole story.
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Who is the hero or central character of a story?
A. Protagonist
B. Climax
C. Exposition
D. Antagonist
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What is Conflict?
A struggle between
opposing forces in a story
A struggle between
opposing forces in a story
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What is Conflict?
• Person against person• Person against self• Person against society• Person against nature
• Person against person• Person against self• Person against society• Person against nature
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Congratulations!
You know the Elements of a Short Story!!!
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