Fiction or Non-Fiction Short or Long
Film or Television Fiction or Non-Fiction
What Makes up a Story?
Plot What Makes up a Story?
Plot The events of the story What happens What Makes up a Story?
Setting Where the story takes place When the story takes place What Makes up a Story?
Setting Where the story takes place In the barn In Australia In Outer Space When the story takes place What Makes up a Story?
Setting Where the story takes place In the barn In Australia In Outer Space When the story takes place At 2pm During the winter In 1945 What Makes up a Story?
Theme What Makes up a Story?
Theme The author’s message The lesson of the story for the reader What Makes up a Story?
Theme The author’s message The lesson of the story for the reader War What Makes up a Story?
Theme The author’s message The lesson of the story for the reader War War is pointless What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person 2 nd Person What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person Uses “I”, “me”, “my”, “we”, “us” Is a character in the story Only knows their own thoughts and feelings Is not objective (is not reliable) 2 nd Person 3 rd Person What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person 2 nd Person Uses “you” and “your” Is not a character in the story Gives directions to the reader Does not know what is in the characters’ minds Tells the reader what to do and how to feel 3 rd Person What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person Objective Limited Omniscient What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person Objective Uses “he”, “she”, “they” Is not a character in the story Does not know the characters thoughts or feelings Limited Omniscient What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person Objective Limited Uses “he”, “she”, “they” Is not a character in the story Knows the thoughts and feelings of 1 character Omniscient What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person Objective Limited Omniscient Uses “he”, “she”, “they” Is not a character in the story Knows ALL the characters’ thoughts and feelings What Makes up a Story?
Conflict What Makes up a Story?
Conflict Person vs. Person Person vs. Nature Person vs. Society Person vs. Self What Makes up a Story?
Conflict Person vs. Person A fist fight Person vs. Nature Person vs. Society Person vs. Self What Makes up a Story?
Conflict Person vs. Person A fist fight Person vs. Nature A person struggling to get home during a blizzard Person vs. Society Person vs. Self What Makes up a Story?
Conflict Person vs. Person A fist fight Person vs. Nature A person struggling to get home during a blizzard Person vs. Society A person who fights city hall A person who campaigns against racism in society Person vs. Self What Makes up a Story?
Conflict Person vs. Person A fist fight Person vs. Nature A person struggling to get home during a blizzard Person vs. Society A person who fights city hall A person who campaigns against racism in society Person vs. Self A person with a Mental Illness A person who lacks self-confidence What Makes up a Story?
Characters What Makes up a Story?
Characters Protagonist Antagonist What Makes up a Story?
Characters Protagonist The character who must resolve the conflict of the story Antagonist What Makes up a Story?
Characters Protagonist The character who must resolve the conflict of the story Antagonist The character (or thing) which creates the conflict in the story What Makes up a Story?
Characters Static Dynamic Flat Round What Makes up a Story?
Characters Static A character who does not change during the course of the story Dynamic Flat Round What Makes up a Story?
Characters Static A character who does not change during the course of the story Dynamic A character who does change during the course of the story Flat Round What Makes up a Story?
Characters Static Dynamic Flat A character who only exhibits one or two traits Usually a secondary character Round What Makes up a Story?
Characters Static Dynamic Flat A character who only exhibits one or two traits Usually a secondary character Round A complex and realistic character Usually a primary character (the protagonist) What Makes up a Story?
Characters Stereotypes What Makes up a Story?
Characters Stereotypes A simplified image of a group of people which is applied to all members of the group A character who has one trait of the group is assumed to have the other traits too What Makes up a Story?