1. Theme Setting Point of View Inference Draw Conclusions
Story Elements
Theme
Setting
Point of View
Inference
Draw Conclusions

2. Theme
The central idea, or insight, about life or human behavior that a story reveals
In most stories, the theme is not stated directly. Instead, it is revealed to us through the characters’ experiences.

3. Subject VS Theme
Subject
Theme
makes some surprise about the subject and should be expressed in a sentence: “Loyalty to a leader is not always noble.”
simply the topic
can be stated in a single word, such as loyalty.

4. Ways to find THEME
Writers often express theme through what their characters learn.
Conflict helps reveal theme.
Sometimes the title gives clues.

5. Setting
Time and place of a story

6. Point of View
Is determined by the narrator (the person telling the story).
Narrator may be the author or a character.

7. Point Of View
First Person Point of View- narrator tells the story based on how he/she thinks and feels
Second Person Point of View- narrator speaks to you throughout the story
Third Person Point of View- narrator is not a character in the story and describes the characters and plot without being in the action.
Third Person Omniscient-(all knowing) narrator sees and hears everything about all characters and plot
Third Person Limited-narrator only tells you about what is going on inside the head of one character

8. How to Identify Point of View:
First-Person
I, me, my, mine, we, us, ours,
Second-Person
you, your
Third-Person
he, she, her, they, them
(also character's names)

9. Inference
A decision reached on the basis of evidence in the reading and your own background knowledge.
IS an educated guess about the text.
IS “reading between the lines.”
Is NOT directly stated in the text you are reading.

10. Infer VS Imply Inference Implication (suggestion)
You the reader infer when you make an educated guess.
The author/character implies,

11. Drawing Conclusions
a decision or judgment based on the information the writer gives and on what they know from their own experiences.
We use our observations as well as what we already know to draw conclusions.

12. Drawing Conclusions
Authors don’t usually tell readers what to think about a story’s facts and details.
Authors may give you a few details about what happens in the story or about the characters.