1. Elements of a Story
Ms. Smith

2. FICTION VS NON FICTION:
What’s the difference? Do you know?
Can you provide an example of each?

3. WERE YOU RIGHT??
FICTION: Not True (fake). Fiction narrates an imagined story. Its purpose is to entertain and generate feeling.
NON-FICTION: True. Non-fiction reports on real people, events and ideas. Its purpose is to inform, persuade and describe.

4. TYPES OF FICTION and NON-FICTION
Novels
Novellas
Short Stories
NON-FICTION:
Editorials
Speeches
Articles
News Reports
Biographies/Autobiographies
Instructions
Dictionaries/Encyclopedia

5. Elements of a Fiction Story:
Plot – the series of events that make up a story.
Conflict – a problem or struggle between two people, things or ideas
Setting – The time and place a story takes place.
Characters – the people, animals or creatures in a story.
Theme- The central idea, message or insight of the story.

6. Plot

7. Plot
Plot - the events that take place in a story. Every story needs a plot! The plot has different parts.

8. The climax is the most exciting part!! (the highest part of the action)

9. Conflict

10. Conflict
Conflict is the struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot. There are two types of conflict– INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL

11. Types Of Conflict Character vs. Character
(problem with another character-
External)
2. Character vs. Nature
(problem with force of nature-
External)
3. Character vs. Society
(problem with the laws or beliefs of a group)
(character vs. community, society or culture-
Internal OR External)
4. Character vs. Self
(problem with deciding what to
do or think; “inner conflict”- Internal)

12. What’s a well-known movie that has…
Your turn…
What’s a well-known movie that has…
Character vs. Character Conflict
Character vs. Nature Conflict
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Self

13. Setting

14. Setting The setting describes where an when the story takes place.
It helps build background and create images in the mind.
It helps set the tone or mood of the story.
Details can describe:
Time of day
Time of year
Time in History
Scenery
Weather
Location

15. Characters

16. Every story needs Characters…
People
Animals
Or Creatures

17. The protagonist is the “good guy”

18. The antagonist is the “bad guy” or force

19. THEME
What the author is trying to tell you. It is the message or the moral of the story.
This is NOT the topic of the story and is written in a complete sentence.

20. Theme worksheet 1. Don’t believe everything you read.
Don’t click, its all a scam.