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 Elements of a story
• OVERVIEW
• Short stories often contain
structural and character
elements that should be
familiar to you. These
elements can be used as
guides to help you think
about the actions, themes,
and contexts of the story.
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Study the pictures below. Then, identify the characters, plot and setting of the story.

A C

B D
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 ELEMENTS OF A STORY
-Plot- exposition statement- rising action
conflict- climax- falling action- resolution

Theme
Setting
Characters
Point of view
Characterization
Conflict
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 CHARACTERS
• The people (or actors) in the story
• Protagonist The Protagonist is the main
character in a literary work

• Antagonist The Antagonist is a character or

force in conflict with a main character, or
protagonist.
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Protagonist

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Antagonist

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Antagonist

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• Major Character THE ONE ON WHOM A
STORY FOCUSES ( GENERALLY THE
PROTAGONIST)

• Minor Character PLAYS A SMALL PART

• Motivation REFERS TO THE REASONS BEHIND

WHY A CHARACTER MAY ACT A CERTAIN WAY
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 CHARACTERIZATION
• The description of the personalities of the characters in
the story and the way in which an author reveals their
personalities.
•Direct and Indirect Character Methods of
Characterization Creating Believable Characters
• Indirect physical appearance speech, thoughts, feelings, or
actions of the character speech, thoughts, feelings, or
actions of other characters
•Direct the narrator’s direct comments about a character
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TYPES OF CHARACTER
• Flat Characters ONE SIDED AND OFTEN
STEROTYPICAL
• Round Characters FULLY DEVELOPED AND
EXHIBITS MANY TRAITS
• Dynamic Characters CHARACTERS WHO
CHANGE DURING THE STORY
• Static Characters CHARACTERS WHO DO NOT
CHANGE
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CONFLICT
• Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces in a story or play. There are two types of
conflict that exist in literature.

• External conflict exists when a character struggles against some outside force, such as
another character, nature, society, or fate.

• Man vs. Man Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Nature Man vs. Technology

• Internal conflict exists within the mind of a character who is torn between different courses
of action.

• Man vs. Himself

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 The way to get started is to
quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney

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