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STORY ELEMENT NOTES

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Mia_John
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The fundamental elements of storytelling, including setting, character, plot, and conflict. Setting establishes the time and place, creating mood and affecting the plot's events. Characters, whether human, animal, or fantastical, drive the narrative through their actions and development. The plot unfolds through a series of events, leading from the introduction of the conflict to its resolution. Discover how these elements intertwine to create compelling stories and engage readers.

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  1. STORY ELEMENT NOTES

  2. SETTING • The time and place of a story, a poem, or a play. • Setting can help create mood or atmosphere. • Setting can affect the events of the plot. • In some stories, the CONFLICT is provided by the setting.

  3. Examples of SETTING PLACE: • Boston • planet Mars • forest • under a cherry tree, • back seat of a car on a family vacation • Italy

  4. Examples of SETTINGTIME: • Tuesday • After school • 1945 • summer • after winter’s first snow • April • midnight • in the future

  5. CHARACTER • A person or an animal in a story, play, or other literary work. • Characters can be humans, animals, fantasy creatures, gods or heroes, etc. • Most stories have only 1 or 2 main characters but can have several minor characters

  6. CHARACTERIZATION The way in which a writer reveals the personality of a character. A writer reveals character in six ways: 1) describing how the character looks and dresses (physical appearance) 2) by letting the reader hear the character speak 3) by showing the reader how the character acts 4) by letting the reader know the character’s inner thoughts and feelings • by revealing what other people in the story think or say ABOUT the character • by telling the reader directly what the character’s personality is like (cruel, kind, sneaky, brave, etc.)

  7. PLOT • The series of related events that make up a story. • Plot tells “what happens” in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem.

  8. PARTS OF PLOT • INTRODUCTION: describes the setting, tells who the characters are, and what the conflict or problem is. • COMPLICATIONS: arise as the character(s) take steps to resolve the conflict • CLIMAX: the time in the story when the conflict is decided (good or bad); often the most exciting moment in the story • RESOLUTION: the conclusion of the story; problems are solved; story ends

  9. CONFLICT • A struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces. • Conflict can be: • Internal - opposing desires or emotions within a person • External- struggle between a character and an outside force (another character, nature, etc.)