What are the parts that make up a story?

1. 1 Literary Elements What parts make up a a story? http://members.tripod.com/dscorpio/images/literary_elements.ppt

3. Characters

4. Plot

5. Climax

6. Theme

7. Resolution

8. Denouement2

10. Scenery

11. Customs

12. Transportation

13. Clothing

14. Dialects

15. Weather

16. Time of day

17. Time of yearTime and place are where the action occurs

18. 4 Elements of a Setting

20. To show a reader a different way of life

21. To make action seem more real

22. To be the source of conflict or struggle

23. To symbolize an idea5 Taken from “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault

25. Major characters

26. Minor characters

27. Round characters

28. Flat characters6 Types of Characters

30. Two primary methods of characterization:

31. Direct-writer tells what the character is like

32. Indirect-writer shows what a character is like by describing what the character looks like, by telling what the character says and does, and by what other characters say about and do in response to the character.7 Characterization

33. She suffered intensely, feeling herself born for every delicacy and every luxury. She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the worn walls, the abraded chairs, the ugliness of the stuffs. All these things, which another woman of her caste would not even have noticed, tortured her and made her indignant. From “The Necklace” by Guy de Montpassant 8 Direct Characterization

34. The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled -- but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. From “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe 9 Indirect Characterization

35. 10 Elements of Character

37. Personality

38. Background/personal history

39. Motivation

40. Relationships

41. Conflict

42. Does character change?11 Factors in Analyzing Characters

43. Plot Plot is what happens and how it happens in a narrative. A narrative is any work that tells a story, such as a short story, a novel, a drama, or a narrative poem. 12

45. Development- events that occur as result of central conflict (rising action)

46. Climax- highest point of interest or suspense of story

47. Resolution- when conflict ends

50. Foreshadowing- hint or clue about what will happen in story

51. Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past

53. Every plot must contain some kind of conflict

54. Stories can have more than one conflict

55. Conflicts can be external or internal

56. External conflict- outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a nonhuman obstacle

57. Internal conflict- takes place in a character’s mind16 Conflict

59. Can be expressed by one or two sentence statement about human beings or about life

60. May be stated directly or implied

61. Interpretation uncovers the theme17

62. “The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.” From “Gift of the Magi,” by O. Henry 18 Example of Theme