1. Story Element Review Short Stories

2. Thursday, 4/30/15 Goal: I can analyze how particular elements of a story interact Homework: Setting Questions (due at the end of class) Icarus Questions (due TOMORROW 5/1) Materials: A copy of After Twenty Years, a piece of paper, writing utensil When done: Close your laptop, quiet down and wait for instructions

3. Story Elements  Setting  Characters  Plot  Conflict/Problem  Theme

4. Setting: Where  Every Story has to happen somewhere  Here  Somewhere in the world  Somewhere in the universe  Somewhere in your imagination

5. Setting When  Every story has to happen some time  Now: Realistic Fiction  In the past: Historical Fiction  In the future: Science Fiction  “Once upon a time”: Fantasy

6. Setting: Tone  Every story has to happen somehow  Inspiring  Funny  Scary  Romantic  Tense

7. Setting: Where, When, Tone  With your elbow partner:  Think back to After Twenty Years  Discuss the setting: Where did the story take place? When did the story take place? What was the tone of the story?

8. Character: Who  Every story has to happen to someone  Protagonist: Main Character  Antagonist: Anyone opposing the Main Character  Supporting Characters

9. Who is the hero? Who is the main character?

10. Character: Who  With your elbow partner:  Think back to After Twenty Years  Discuss the characters: Who is the protagonist? Who is the antagonist? Did O. Henry need supporting characters?

11. Plot: What happens  Every story needs some events  Opening/Hook  Events/Escalating Action Chronological order Flashbacks  Climax  Resolution/Solution  Wrap-Up/Denouement

12. Conflict: What’s Wrong  Every story needs a problem to solve  Conflict = Problem Character vs. Character Character vs. Society Character vs. Nature Character vs. Himself  Solution/Resolution

13. Plot/Conflict  With your elbow partner  Think back to After Twenty Years  Discuss the plot: How did O. Henry hook the reader in with the opening? What events kept the action moving? What type of conflict was used? Where do you think the climax was? Did the resolution/solution wrap it up enough for you?

14. Plot Diagram

15. Theme: Lesson  Every story has a theme or lesson  Why did the author write the story?  What message did they want to send? What message did they actually send?  What moral can you learn?

16. Theme: Lesson  With your elbow partner:  Think back to After Twenty Years  Review the theme: What did you think the lesson was?

17. Point of View: Who is telling the story  Every story is told by someone  First Person: I, me, mine I took the book off the shelf and read it.  Second Person: You, yours You took the book off the shelf and read it.  Third Person: He, she, them, [your name here] Thor took the book off the shelf and read it.

18. Point of View: Third person  Third-Person Omniscient – Narrator is all knowing  Jake was mad at BMO. He believed this whole disaster was their fault. But BMO couldn’t explain to Jake what they knew. And even if they told him, he wouldn’t understand.  Third-Person Limited – Narrator knows one character  Jake was mad at BMO. He believed this whole disaster was their fault. It seemed like they were hiding something from him.  Third-Person Objective – Narrator knows no one  Jake seemed upset. He glared at BMO. BMO looked away with a guilty face. It seemed that they were hiding something.

19. Point of View: Who is telling the story  With your elbow partner:  Think back to After Twenty Years  Review the point of view: What do you think is the point of view?