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The document outlines the essential elements of a story, including setting, characters, plot, conflict, resolution, point of view, and theme. It details how each element contributes to the overall narrative, emphasizing the importance of conflict in driving the plot and the role of mood and atmosphere in setting. Additionally, it explains the different types of conflicts and perspectives, as well as how to identify the theme and moral of a story.

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On Fiction

The document outlines the essential elements of a story, including setting, characters, plot, conflict, resolution, point of view, and theme. It details how each element contributes to the overall narrative, emphasizing the importance of conflict in driving the plot and the role of mood and atmosphere in setting. Additionally, it explains the different types of conflicts and perspectives, as well as how to identify the theme and moral of a story.

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Elements of a Story

What you need to know!


Story Elements
⮚ Setting
⮚ Characters
⮚ Plot
⮚ Conflict
⮚ Resolution
⮚ Point of View
⮚ Theme
Setting

• Setting is the “where and when” of


a story. It is the time and place
during which the story takes place.
The Functions of a Setting
⮚ To create a mood or
atmosphere
⮚ To make action
seem more real
⮚ To symbolize an
idea
Mood / Attitude
• 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.
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. 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
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 logical arrangement
of events and actions within a
story.
Parts of a Plot
⮚ Exposition - introduction; characters, setting and
conflict (problem) are introduced
⮚ Rising Action- events that occur and develop
towards the highest point
⮚ Climax- highest point in the conflict of a story
⮚ Falling Action - tension eases; events show the
results of how the main character begins to
resolve the conflict
⮚ Resolution- the end that is tied up; the conflict is
solved
Plot Diagram
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4
2
1
5
1. Exposition
• This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story.
Here the characters are introduced. We also learn
about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we
are introduced to the main conflict (main problem).
2. Rising
Action(s)
• This part of the story begins to develop the
conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense
occurs and leads to the climax. Complications
arise
3. Climax
• This is the turning point of the story. Usually the
main character comes face to face with a conflict.
The main character will change in some way. This
is the most intense moment.
4. Falling Action(s)
• Action that follows
the climax and
ultimately leads to
the resolution
5. Resolution
• The conclusion; all
loose ends are tied
up.
• Either the character
defeats the problem,
learns to live with
the problem, or the
problem defeats the
character.
Diagram of Plot
Climax

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Introduction
/ Exposition Resolution
Setting,
characters, and
conflict are
introduced
Conflict
Conflict is the dramatic struggle
between two forces in a story.
Without conflict, there is no
plot.
Conflict
⮚ Conflict is a problem that must be solved; an
issue between the protagonist and antagonist
forces. It forms the basis of the plot.

⮚ Conflicts can be external or internal


✔External conflict- outside force may be
person, group, animal, nature, or a nonhuman
obstacle

✔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
Type of Internal Conflict

Character vs. Self


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
⮚ 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

⮚ To discover the theme of a story, think big. What


is big message the author is trying to say about the
world in which we live?

⮚ What is this story telling me about how life


works, or how people behave?
The Theme is also
• the practical lesson ( moral) that we learn from a
story after we read it. The lesson that teaches us
what to do or how to behave after you have
learned something from a story or something that
has happened to you.
Example: The lesson or teaching of the story is be
careful when you’re offered something for
nothing.
Any questions?

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