2. Story Literary Elements The keys to unlocking a good story …

3. Every story needs characters People Animals or Creatures

4. The protagonist is the “good guy” the character trying to accomplish something in the story.

5. The antagonist is the “bad guy” the one who stands in the way of the protagonist or makes the protagonist’s goal harder to achieve.

6. Characters can either be: Round

7. OR ….. Flat

8. The time and place of the story is the setting

9. All of this is put together in the PLOT The sequence of events – beginning, middle, end of the story Series of related episodes that grow out of the other

10. All stories begin with the EXPOSITION The parts in which the reader begins to understand the characters, their relationships, and the setting Once upon a time in a land far, far away ….. And move to ….

11. Rising Action - a conflict Person vs. Person Person vs. NaturePerson vs. SocietyPerson vs. Himself The struggle between the protagonist and an opposing force.

12. Good stories throw in … Twists Something that happens that makes the conflict more complex and difficult to solve COMPLICATIONS

13. The climax is the most exciting part!! Turning point of the story Point of greatest intensity Conflicts come to a head Nail biter Big Sha-bang!

14. And finally … RESOLUTION The end of the story … and they lived happily ever after.

15. Whether you’re the reader, or the writer, a great story includes all these literary elements!!! conflict setting exposition climax characters protagonist antagonist resolution complications plot