Elements of a story
Plot
Setting
Character
Point of view
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Rising Action
- Resolution
- Exposition
How the author develops arranges events to develop the basic idea. It has a beggining, middle and end.
Characteristics can be revealed by:
Characters can be:
In work of fiction can be:
Protagonist
Antagonist
Center of the story
Opposite of the protagonist
Beginning of the story; characters, setting and background releaved
Introduction
Physical appearance
What he says/ feels/ dreams/ does/ does not do
What other said about him or how other react to him
Events between the introduction and the climax; the conflict is revealed
Conflict
Central struggle or minor obstacles withing a dominant struggle
Time and location de story takes place. In some stories, the setting is very important, while for other not.
External
Internal
Flat
Struggle with a force outside one's self
Character vs Society
Dynamik
Round
Static
Struggle within one's self
Character vs Self
Time
Weather conditions
Place
Social conditions
Mood / Atmosphere
Not go though a change
Character vs Nature
Character vs Character
Does go to a change and grows during the story
Where is the action of the story taking place?
When is the action taking place?
Sunny, rainy, cloudy, stormy, etc.
One-dimensional
What is the daily life of the characters like?
Fully developed personalities that are affective by the story's events. They can learn/ grow/ deteriorate by the end of the story. Most convicing when they resemble real people by being consistent/ motivated and lifelike
Turning point of the story. Highest tension moment.
Does the story contain local colour?
Theme
Feeling that is created at the beggining of the story.
CENTRAL MESSAGE
”moral of the story”
- Main character accepts this information
- Main character acts on this information
- Main character recieves new information
First person
Second person
Third person
Story tittle usually enphasis what the autor
is saying
It has different various figures of speech
Symbolism
Allusion
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Hyperbole
Metaphor
Irony
Common examples of THEMES in litarature
Love is blind
Believe in your self
Things are not always as they appear to be
People are afraid
Dont judge a book by Its cover
Story narrated by the protagonist, or somebody close to it.
PRONOUNS: "I", "me", "we".
Story narrated by somebody that adressed the reader or assumed you.
PRONOUNS: "you", "your", "yours".
Story narrated by somebody who sees all of the action, and it might or not be in the story.
Limited
Omniscient
Funnels all actions through the eyes of a single character. Reader see just what narrator sees.
The narrator knows and sees everything, and can move from one character's mind to another.
Resolution begins; events and complications start to fall into place
Conclusion; Final outcome of the events in a story
Historical period, time of the day, year, etc
Innocent eye / naive narrator
Story told through child eyes
Stream of consciousness
Story told so the reader solely experience a character's thoughts and reactions