1. Literary Story Elements

2. What is Literature?

3. What is LITERATURE? Literature that is: Preserved and valued by man
Makes us think or feel
Gives us new ideas
Makes us see things in a different way
Helps us to understand others

4. Characters
people, animals, and creatures in a story

5. Protagonist/Antagonist
the main character in the story
the “good guy”
Antagonist
character opposing the protagonist
the “bad guy”

6. Dynamic/Static
Dynamic - the main character undergoes an important internal change by the end of story. He/she has a new understanding.
Static – character does not undergo any type of change; stays same from beginning

7. Round/Flat
Round – three dimensional; reveals physical, mental, and emotional expressions
Flat – two dimensional; uncomplicated character; usually an extra

8. Setting
The time and place of a story
Where and when

9. Conflict a struggle between two opposing forces
External – a character struggles against some outside force.
Internal – tension is within one person who is facing a difficult choice or struggling with opposing emotions.

10. Types of External Conflict
1. Person vs. Person – a person is in conflict with another person
Example: physical fight, verbal argument, athletic event
2. Person vs. Nature – a person is in conflict with a force of nature
Example: wild animal, flood, hurricane, sickness

11. External Conflict continued
3. Person vs. Group – a person is in conflict with 2 or more persons, group, or society. Example: person rejects a culture, person breaks federal law 4. Group vs. Group – an entire group or culture is in conflict with another group Example: team sports, gang rivalry, republicans vs. democrats

12. Internal Conflict
Person vs. Self – a person struggles to overcome some internal problem. It is a struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions.
Example: fear, guilt, anxiety, making a decision

13. PLOT the sequence of events that happen in a story
from beginning to end

14. Plot elements
Exposition – an introduction of characters, setting, and situations of plot 
Rising action – a series of events that build to a change in the conflict 
Climax – the point in the story that creates the greatest suspense or interest 
Falling action – the events that lead to the conclusion 
Resolution – the final outcome of the story

15. Plot Line

16. Characterization
Characterization – the way in which a writer develops the characters
Methods:
1. appearance – physical traits
2. actions and speech – character traits (personality)
3. character’s thoughts -
4. reactions of others -
5. statement of author -

17. Terms to Know 1. audience – who the author is writing to or for
 2. dialogue – conversation
 3. mood – feeling the author wants us to have
 4. tone – attitude of the author towards a character, subject, or audience
 5. theme – the author’s message or lesson learned
 6. moral – lesson

18. Point of View point of view – perspective of the story
1st person – narrator is a character in the story; uses “I”, “me”, “mine”
3rd person – narrative voice is outside the action, not one of the characters, uses “he”, “she”
Omniscient – all knowing point of view, the narrator sees into the minds of all of the characters

19. Thought Question!
So…how can a house and story elements be used as an ANALOGY?