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Story Story ElementsElements
Lisa CampbellLilburn Elementary
Setting Exposition (history)CharactersSequencePlot Conflict (problem)Climax (decisive moment)
Resolution (solution)
EraSceneryTime of DayTime of YearWeatherMood
Create a moodMake action seem more realBegin forming a source of conflict
Taken from “The Day the Sun Came Out” by D. Johnson
This is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story
It is information about things that happened before the story began
Characters can be …
peopleanimalsmajor charactersminor characters
Major character (the “I” guy)
You know lots about him, and what makes him tick.
Minor character (friends, relatives)
You don’t know much about them or their motivations
appearancepersonalitybackground/personal history
motivationrelationshipsconflict
The sequence is the order of events in a story
all the events in story
Introduction, or opening situation Exposition, Setting
Development of conflict
Climax or highest point of interest or suspense of story
Resolution- when conflict ends
Opening situation
Introduction
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Act
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Climax
Resolution
Suspense- excitement or tension
Foreshadowing- hint or clue about what will happen in story
Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past
Surprise Ending- conclusion that reader does not expect
Conflict is a struggle between opposing forces
Every plot must contain some kind of conflict
Stories can have more than one conflict
External conflict
outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a nonhuman obstacle
Internal conflict
takes place in a character’s mind
The turning point in the story
The most exciting part, when the plot changes
The resolution is the end of the story
It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html
http://members.tripod.com/dscorpio/images/literary_elements.ppt
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