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Story Elements

Character A person, animal, or imaginary creature that plays a role in the story Ways to describe them: Physical traits personality traits Motives Actions Feelings

Setting The time and place in which the story takes place Describing: Environment time of day or year historical period Situation Place

Plot the structure of the action of a story Plot Mountain

Exposition The beginning of the story Plot Mountain

Rising Action A series of events building the tension toward the climax Plot Mountain

Climax The most intense or crucial moment or event when the tension reaches a peak Plot Mountain

Falling Action The tension fades and the consequences are examined Plot Mountain

Resolution How the story’s central problem is resolved, the conclusion Plot Mountain

Theme Major idea of the story or the message Like a backpack of treasures you pick up along the journey and open at the end

Conflict Clash between opposing forces Human vs. Human Human vs. Nature Human vs. Self Without conflict, there is no plot!

Point of View The perspective from which the story is told First person (I, me, us, we) Second person (you) Third person (He, she, they) Narrator

Tone The attitude or feeling the story gives Happy Sad Scary Boring…

Audience The person reading the story

Author’s Purpose The reason for writing the story To inform To persuade To entertain

Summarize the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Think of: Plot Setting Characters Theme