1. Story Literary Elements
Some basics that every good story must have ….

2. 1. The AUTHOR contributes his or her attitude and beliefs to the story.
Pet Cemetary

3. Author is important to his/her novel.
Stephen King’s House in Bangor,ME

4. “When I was nine, I found an old typewriter up in the attic.
I dragged it downstairs
and started writing jokes and stories.”
R.L. STINE

5. 2. The “TITLE” of every story helps readers to connect to the story.
What does the title
have to do
with the story?
What is the
CONNECTION?

6. 3. Every story needs characters
People
Animals
And Each
CHARACTER
Plays a specific
ROLE with
Or Creatures
Unique
Emotions
and
Personalities

7. a. The protagonist is the “good guy”
CHARACTERS:
a. The protagonist is the “good guy”

8. CHARACTERS:
b.The antagonist is the
Bad guy
or force

9. Types of Conflict External Conflict Man vs Man Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
Man vs himself
Internal Conflict

10. 4. Great stories have a CONFLICT or problem the characters face.
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature

11. Conflicts
Man v. Society

12. Conflict
Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.

13. 5. The time and place of the story is the setting

14. Setting
Time (date, season, specific time, whatever is relevant to the story)
Place (where)

15. 6. The SETTING helps to set the TONE or the MOOD of the story.
Adventurous, excitement,
Fear, tragedy,
Heroism
Exhileration,
surprise,
Shock; AWE

16. 7. The climax is the most exciting part!!

17. Events of the story in the
8. The Plot is ALL the
Events of the story in the
order they occurred.
Without a PLOT there
Would NOT be a story!

18. Point-of-View Who is telling the story?
1st person (told from an “I” point-of-view)
3rd person limited (told from someone else’s point-of-view who only knows a lot about one or a few characters)
3rd person omnicient (told from someone else’s point-of-view who seems to know everything)

19. 9. The point of view is the perspective of the story.
“I was framed! I just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar!”
“That rotten wolf tried to eat us!!!!”

20. Whether you’re the reader, or the writer, a great story includes all these LITERARY ELEMENTS !!!
conflict
protagonist
setting
climax
characters
PLOT
antagonist
point of view

21. Plot
Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action
Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax
Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax
Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts
Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads