ELEMENTS
OF A STORY
Characters
How we get to know them:
1. Through the author's physical description of them
2. Their actions.
3. Their words
4. Their inner thoughts.
5. Through what other characters say and think about them
1. Through the author's physical description of them
2. Their actions.
3. Their words
4. Their inner thoughts.
5. Through what other characters say and think about them
Plot
A pattern of events that develops from the interactions between characters.
A plot is a pattern of events in a cause and effect relationship.
1. Cause - Things that make something happen.
2. Effect - What happens because something was done.
A pattern of events that develops from the interactions between characters.
A plot is a pattern of events in a cause and effect relationship.
1. Cause - Things that make something happen.
2. Effect - What happens because something was done.
Conflicts
The problems the characters encounter. Their conflicts can be:
1. External - conflict with others and with nature
2. Internal - conflict within themselves
The problems the characters encounter. Their conflicts can be:
1. External - conflict with others and with nature
2. Internal - conflict within themselves
Setting
Time and place of the story
Time and place of the story
Theme
The meaning behind the events and the characters' actions.
The meaning behind the events and the characters' actions.
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