Elements of Story
Elements of Story
Review Notes
Literary Element / Definition / Examples/Extra NotesPlot / All of the events of the story – from
______to ______/
Exposition / The ______of the story
Learned:
Setting / The ______and ______of a story.
Details:
Rising Action/
Complications / All of the ______of the story leading up to the ______
______refer to the series of successes and set=backs the character often experiences in the story.
Rising action also includes the ______.
Conflict / A ______or ______
between forces.
External Conflict / Conflict dealing with ______
______
Internal Conflict / Conflict dealing with a struggle ______a character
Climax / The most ______or
______part of the
story. The ______is addressed.
Falling Action / All of the ______following the climax.
Usually quickly leads to the ______.
Resolution / The ______of a story.
All of the plot events may be wrapped up or the story may leave the reader wondering.
Characters / The ______in a story.
Protagonist / The “______” character of the story,
usually the “______” character.
Antagonist / The character or force working
______the protagonist. Usually
the “______” guy.
Static / Characters that ______change over the course of a text.
Dynamic / Characters who ______over the course of a text.
Round / ______- ______or
______- ______characters.
Flat / ______- ______or
______- ______characters.
Characterization / Author’s process of ______a character’s personality through description. / Two types:
Direct / The author explicitly (______) tells the reader what the character’s ______is like.
Indirect / The reader must use ______to figure out the character’s ______. / Author’s often describe characters through:
Point of View / Vantage point from which the story is told.
Usually an author will create one or more narrators to tell the story. / Three types of POV:
Things to consider about POV:
1.
2.
3.
First Person / The narrator is ______
______
Uses: I, me, my, we, us, etc.
Third Person Limited POV / Narrator ______the story.
Focuses on _____ or ______character’s thoughts and feelings.
Third Person Omniscient / “______” narrator describes the thoughts and feelings of
______or ______of the characters.
Theme / Universal ______or ______that can be learned from story.
How many possible themes can be found from a text? ______/ Must be a ______, not a single word.
Rather, the theme is a statement ABOUT love.
Mood / The feelings ______by the story for the READER.
Closely related to ______.
Tone / An impression about how the ______feels toward the characters or situations.
Closely related to ______
______.
Foreshadowing / ______or ______that suggest later events in the story.
Flashback / The story ______back in time to an ______or a time before the story.
Irony / A figure of speech where words may mean something OTHER THAN THEIR ACTUAL MEANING and an outcome could be ______.
Irony is the difference between ______and ______. / Three types of irony:
Dramatic / The ______knows something that the ______does not.
Situational / The outcome is ______of what was expected.
Verbal / What is being ______is the opposite of what is ______.
Inference / An educated ______the READER can make using evidence from the story.