ELEMENTS OF NARRATIVE STORIES

ELEMENTS OF STORIES SettingPlotConflictCharacterThemePoint of ViewImagery

SETTINGTime

- Past- Present- Future

Place- School- A Castle- Bedroom

What is our current setting?

PLOT The structure of a story.

- How the author arranges events.

Plot Includes: Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

CONFLICT

CONFLICT CONTINUED

CHARACTERProtagonist

- Central Character- Usually hero/heroine

Antagonist- Another main character- Usually villain

Foil- Secondary or minor character

Characters CAN change!

THEMEThe underlying central idea of a

story. May be clearly stated or implied.

To help find the theme of a story, ask yourself:

What does the main character learn?

POINT OF VIEWFirst Person

- Narrator is a character- Uses I, me, my, mine

Third Person Objective- Narrator is NOT a character- Uses he, his, she, it, they- Narrator is an outsider who can only report what he or she sees and hears.

POINT OF VIEW CONTINUEDThird Person Limited

- Narrator is NOT a character- Uses he, his, she, it, they- Narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.

Omniscient- Narrator is al all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of one or more characters.

IMAGERYDescriptions of people or objects

stated in terms of our senses.

Taste, Smell, Hear, Sight, Touch

It is the “mental picture” the readers experience.

TESTING YOUR SKILLS

Interactive Story

CREATING YOUR OWN NARRATIVE STORY

Come up with an ideaMap your thoughtsWrite a rough draftReviseWrite a final copy

MAPPING YOUR THOUGHTS

The Three

Little Pigs

Pig catches

wolf

Wolf blows down the

pig’s houses

Pigs build

houses

REFERENCES Clip Art from Microsoft Steele, Kimberly. "Literary Elements Advance

Organizer." June 1997. File last modified on 14 Nov. 2007. PDF file.

Scholastic. "Plot Diagram." 1996. File last modified on 2009. PDF file.

Steele, Kimberly. "Conflict." June 1997. File last modified on 14 Nov. 2007. PDF file.

Shaner, Evan. "Batman and Villains." 30 Apr. 2008. File last modified on 1 Apr. 2009. JPG file.

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