ELEMENTS OF A STORY

1.SETTING

• Tells the TIME and PLACE of when/where the story

took place.
 EXAMPLE 1:

“I leaned back in the chair and shut my

eyes. When I heard the sound of the
drill I slowly opened my mouth. "What a
way to start a day!" I thought.”
 EXAMPLE 2:

“Megan opened her notebook and turned

to the next page. She reached into her
desk for a pen. "I hope I finish this
assignment before recess?" she thought.
“
 EXAMPLE 3:

"Please can't I watch one more show?" I

begged. "Not tonight," said Mom.
"Tomorrow you have a big day. It's your
first day of school!"
 11. CHARACTERS

• Protagonist – the main character

• Antagonist – the villain/who goes against the
protagonist
• Supporting Character/s
 III. PLOT

how the story develops, unfolds, and moves in

time.
 LINEAR PLOT

Follows a natural sequence

of events (beginning –
end)
 CIRCULAR PLOT

Follows a “round” pattern—

they begin and end in the
same way.
Follows a predictable series
of events that returns to the
starting point.
IN/EN MEDIAS RES PLOT

The story begins at the

middle part of the
action, and progresses
to the end.
 IV. CONFLICT

• Man vs. man

• Man vs. self
• Man vs. society
• Man vs. nature
• Man vs. fate/circumstances
• Man vs. technology
 V. POINT OF VIEW

• First Person - the main character tells the story

- uses the pronoun “I”
- learn and experience the story through the person’s eyes
• First Person Peripheral - the narrator is a supporting
character in the story, not the main character.
• Second Person
- is generally used in instructional writing.
- it is told from the perspective of "you”
- is used quite well in Non-fiction “self-help” and
DIY-type books.
• Third Person - used when your narrator is not a character in the story. -
- third person uses the "he/she/it“ pronouns

• Limited - the story only follows one character directly – the narrator only
knows what that one character knows.
• Objective - narrator describes only what happens or what a character does,
but never what they’re thinking or feeling.
• Omniscient - narrated by an unnamed entity who knows EVERYTHING.
• Multiple - the narrator writes from the perspective of more than one
character.
 VI. THEME

• The general idea/lessons that the writer/author

wants to impart
THE GOOD PRINCE BANTUGAN

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