1. Story Elements

2. Five Elements (Ingredients) of Story 1.Character 2.Plot 3.Setting 4.Conflict 5.Theme

3. Character The “Who” of the story taking place in the action Protagonist - main character Antagonist - the character who opposes the protagonist

4. Plot The “What” of the story Sequence of events

5. Setting The “When” & “Where” of the story The time and place of the action

6. Conflict Problem faced by a character Important because it causes the action

7. Conflict Internal Man vs. self External Man vs. Man Man vs. Society Man vs. Nature Man vs. the Unknown or Supernatural

9. Theme Think of Theme as an answer to the question “What did you learn from this?” Moral of the story