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Story Elements
Being able to identify the different parts of a story
Term | Definition |
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Genre | The type of story or literary work. |
Author | Person who writes the story. |
Setting | Where and when a story takes place. |
Main Character(s) | The important people in the story. |
Themes | The underlying or stated main idea of a story: Often the author implies this through the narrator's/main character's thoughts and feelings. This is also a message the author is trying to send. |
Conflict | The major problem in the story. |
External Conflict | Happens outside of the character, involves more than one person, can be observed. |
Internal Conflict | Happens inside of the character, involves only one person, can only be observed in the thoughts and feelings. |
Three types of Conflict | Man vs. Nature (External) Man vs. Self (Internal) Man vs. Man (External or Internal) |
Climax | One large event that changes the outcome of the entire story. |
Plot | The sequence of all events in a story: This is usually what we summarize. |