Story Elements1. Character – a person in a story2. Setting – the time and place of a storyTime = day, year, season, past, future, etc.Place = city, building, neighborhood, etc.3. Plot –the series of events that make up the action of a story (what happens) 4. Theme – the central message, moral or lesson of a story (the author doesn’t tell you the theme; you must figure this out for yourself)5. Conflict – the problem of the story6. External Conflict – the character struggles with someone or something else (Ex: a fight or argument)7. Internal Conflict – takes place in the mind of a character (Ex: a character is afraid of something)8. Mood – the feeling or emotion you get from reading a story (Ex: humor, sorrow, suspense, etc.)9. Narrator – the person who tells the story10. First-person point of view – the narrator is a part of the story (Look for “I,” “me,” “our,” “us,” etc.)11. Third-person point of view – the narrator is reporting events, but is not a part of the story (Look for “he,” “she,” “them,” “their,” etc.)
Story Elements
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2. Setting – the time and place of a story
Time = day, year, season, past, future, etc.
Place = city, building, neighborhood, etc.
3. Plot –the series of events that make up the action of a story (what happens)
4. Theme – the central message, moral or lesson of a story
(the author doesn’t tell you the theme; you must figure this out for yourself)
5. Conflict – the problem of the story
6. External Conflict – the character struggles with someone or something else
(Ex: a fight or argument)
7. Internal Conflict – takes place in the mind of a character (Ex: a character is afraid of something)
8. Mood – the feeling or emotion you get from reading a story (Ex: humor, sorrow, suspense, etc.)
9. Narrator – the person who tells the story
10. First-person point of view – the narrator is a part of the story (Look for “I,” “me,” “our,” “us,” etc.)
11. Third-person point of view – the narrator is reporting events,
but is not a part of the story (Look for “he,” “she,” “them,” “their,” etc.)