Story Elements Lisa Campbell Lilburn Elementary

 Setting  Exposition (history)  Characters  Sequence  Plot  Conflict (problem)  Climax (decisive moment)  Resolution (solution)

 Era  Scenery  Time of Day  Time of Year  Weather  Mood

 Create a mood  Make action seem more real  Begin forming a source of conflict Taken from “The Day the Sun Came Out” by D. Johnson

This is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story It is information about things that happened before the story began

Characters can be …  people  animals  major characters  minor characters

 Major character (the “I” guy) You know lots about him, and what makes him tick.  Minor character (friends, relatives) You don’t know much about them or their motivations

 appearance  personality  background/personal history  motivation  relationships  conflict

The sequence is the order of events in a story

all the events in story

 Introduction, or opening situation  Exposition, Setting  Development of conflict  Climax or highest point of interest or suspense of story  Resolution- when conflict ends

Opening situation Introduction Development/ Rising Action Climax Resolution

 Suspense- excitement or tension  Foreshadowing- hint or clue about what will happen in story  Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past  Surprise Ending- conclusion that reader does not expect

 Conflict is a struggle between opposing forces  Every plot must contain some kind of conflict  Stories can have more than one conflict

External conflict outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a nonhuman obstacle Internal conflict takes place in a character’s mind

 The turning point in the story  The most exciting part, when the plot changes

 The resolution is the end of the story  It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved

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