Story Story ElementsElements

Lisa CampbellLilburn Elementary

Setting Exposition (history)CharactersSequencePlot Conflict (problem)Climax (decisive moment)

Resolution (solution)

EraSceneryTime of DayTime of YearWeatherMood

Create a moodMake action seem more realBegin forming a source of conflict

Taken from “The Day the Sun Came Out” by D. Johnson

This is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story

It is information about things that happened before the story began

Characters can be …

peopleanimalsmajor charactersminor characters

Major character (the “I” guy)

You know lots about him, and what makes him tick.

Minor character (friends, relatives)

You don’t know much about them or their motivations

appearancepersonalitybackground/personal history

motivationrelationshipsconflict

The sequence is the order of events in a story

all the events in story

Introduction, or opening situation Exposition, Setting

Development of conflict

Climax or highest point of interest or suspense of story

Resolution- when conflict ends

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Climax

Resolution

Suspense- excitement or tension

Foreshadowing- hint or clue about what will happen in story

Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past

Surprise Ending- conclusion that reader does not expect

Conflict is a struggle between opposing forces

Every plot must contain some kind of conflict

Stories can have more than one conflict

External conflict

outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a nonhuman obstacle

Internal conflict

takes place in a character’s mind

The turning point in the story

The most exciting part, when the plot changes

The resolution is the end of the story

It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved

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