Story Elements
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Story Elements Theme Setting Point of View Inference Draw Conclusions
Theme • The central idea, or insight, about life or human behavior that a story reveals • In most stories, the theme is not stated directly. Instead, it is revealed to us through the characters’ experiences.
Subject VS Theme Subject Theme simply the topic can be stated in a single word, such as loyalty. makes some surprise about the subject and should be expressed in a sentence: “Loyalty to a leader is not always noble.”
Ways to find THEME • Writers often express theme through what their characters learn. • Conflict helps reveal theme. • Sometimes the title gives clues.
Setting • Time and place of a story
Point of View • Is determined by the narrator (the person telling the story). • Narrator may be the author or a character.
Point Of View • First Person Point of View- narrator tells the story based on how he/she thinks and feels • Second Person Point of View- narrator speaks to you throughout the story • Third Person Point of View- narrator is not a character in the story and describes the characters and plot without being in the action. • Third Person Omniscient-(all knowing) narrator sees and hears everything about all characters and plot • Third Person Limited-narrator only tells you about what is going on inside the head of one character
Inference • Adecision reached on the basis of evidence in the reading and your own background knowledge. • IS an educated guess about the text. • IS “reading between the lines.” • Is NOT directly stated in the text youare reading.
Infer VS Imply Inference Implication (suggestion) You the reader infer when you make an educated guess. The author/character implies,
Drawing Conclusions • a decision or judgment based on the information the writer gives and on what they know from their own experiences. • We use our observations as well as what we already know to draw conclusions.
Drawing Conclusions • Authors don’t usually tell readers what to think about a story’s facts and details. • Authors may give you a few details about what happens in the story or about the characters.