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Elements Story - Coggle Diagram
Elements Story
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The solution to the problem is the way the action is resolved. For example, Katie often
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Point-of-view: “Who” is telling the story? First person (“I”) or third person (“he/she/it”). Limited (one character’s perspective), multiple (many characters’ perspectives) or omniscient (all knowing narrator). Second person (“you”) is not often used for writing stories.
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Setting: Where and when is the story set? Setting represents both the physical location but also the time ( past, present, future) and the social and cultural conditions in which the characters exist.
Characters: A person or animal or really anything personified. There can be one main character or many, and often there are secondary characters, but not always.
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Plot: The events that happen in a story are called the plot. In a plot you typically find an introduction, rising action, a climax, the falling action, and a resolution. Plot is often represented as an arc.
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Conflict: Every story must have a conflict, a challenge or problem around which the plot is based. Without conflict, the story will have no purpose or trajectory.
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Style: This is how things are said. Word choices, sentence structure, dialogue, metaphor, simile, hyperbole. Style contributes significantly to tone.
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Theme: Idea, belief, moral, lesson or insight. It’s the central argument that the author is trying to make the reader understand. The theme is the “why” of the story.
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