Elements of A Story

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GOOD

AFTERNO
ON! HOW ARE
YOU?
What did we discuss last
meeting?
RECALL
To produce quality outputs by
explaining how the elements
specific to a genre contribute to
the theme of a particular story.

OBJECTIV
DISCUSSION

ELEMENT
S
OF A
STORY
MR. IAN ROY BATAAN
ENGLISH CLASS
STORY
ELEMEN Ø Characters

TS
Ø Setting
Ø Plot
Ø Conflict
Ø Resolution
Ø Point of View
Ø Theme
CHARACTERS

•The person, animals, and things participating in a story


CHARACTERS

•Protagonist and Antagonist are used to describe characters.

•The protagonist is the main character of the story, the one with whom the reader identifies.
This person is not necessary “good”.

• The antagonist is the force in opposition of the protagonist; this person may not be “bad” or
“evil”, but he/she opposes the protagonist in a significant way
SETTING

• It is the “where and when” of a story.

• It is the time and place during which the story takes


place.
PLOT

•Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story.

•Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows
arrangement of events and actions within a story.
PARTS OF A PLOT

Ø Exposition - introduction; characters, setting and conflict (problem) are introduced


Ø Rising Action - events that occur as result of central conflict
Ø Climax - highest point of interest or suspense of a story
Ø Falling Action - tension eases; events show the results of how the main character begins
to resolve the conflict
Ø Resolution - loose ends are tied up; the conflict is solved
CONFLICT

Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a


story. Without conflict, there is no plot.
CONFLICT

Ø Conflict is a problem that must be solved; an issue between the protagonist


and antagonist forces. It forms the basis of the plot.
Ø Conflicts can be: External or Internal

ü External conflict - outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a


nonhuman obstacle
ü Internal conflict - takes place in a character’s mind
TYPES OF EXTERNAL CONFLICT

Character vs Character
Character vs Nature
Character vs Society
Character vs Fate
Character vs. Self
MOOD

•Mood is the feeling that the author tries to convey throughout the story. The atmosphere or
emotional condition created by the piece, within the setting. Does the author want the reader
to be frightened or sad, or does the story make the reader laugh and think happy thoughts?

•To figure out mood, examine how you feel while reading the story. Often mood is
conveyed by the story’s setting.
TONE

a reflection of the poet’s attitude toward the subject of a poem. Tone can
be serious, sarcastic, humorous, etc.
POINT OF VIEW

• First Person Point of View - a character from the story is


telling the story; uses the pronouns “I” and “me”
• Third Person Point of View - an outside narrator is telling the
story; uses the pronouns “he”, “she”, “they”
THEME

Ø The theme is the central, general message, the main idea, the controlling
topic about life or people the author wants to get across through a literary
work
Ø To discover the theme of a story, think big. What big message is the
author trying to say about the world in which we live?
Ø What is this story telling me about how life works, or how people behave?
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES USED IN A
STORY
Ø Suspense- excitement, tension, curiosity
Ø Foreshadowing- hint or clue about what will happen in story
Ø Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened
in the past
Ø Symbolism – use of specific objects or images to represent ideas
Ø Personification – when you make a thing,
idea or animal do something only humans do
Ø Surprise Ending - conclusion that reader
does not expect
QUESTIO
NS
ANY QUESTIONS?
CLARIFICATIONS?
REFERENCE

Elements of a Story
https://www.grantbulldogs.org
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