Abington Senior High School English 2 Mr. Rendine Parts of a Story: Plot Abington Senior High School English 2 Mr. Rendine
Basic Parts of Literature Plot (events) Setting (place) Characters (people) Themes (ideas) Point of View Figures of Speech This slide is review. See following slides for new material!
Plot (events) Structure and relationship of actions and events in fiction “Story” vs. “Plot” In order (1st event happens 1st, etc.) Out of order In media res - to "begin" the story in the middle of the action “Main plot” vs. “subplots” (simultaneous)
Exposition background information required to understand the current action in a story. Actor Michael York as “Basil Exposition”