The Elements Of Narrative
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The Elements of Narrative Element 1. Plot
Definition The events that happen in the story.
• • • • • 2. Characters
Discussion Questions
Exposition: Information given at the beginning of the story that sets the stage for the story. Rising Action: When the action gets good – the problem gets worse, emotions high. Climax: the most dramatic point of the story, where a big action happens that begins to end the story – turning point of story. Falling Action: What happens after climax, how things get finally resolved. Resolution: How everything turns out.
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The people, animals or imaginary beings that • take part in the action of the story.
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• Main character(s): the story revolves around them. Minor character(s): they help the story move • along, but aren’t as important.
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3. Setting
4. Conflict
Character traits: What personality does the character have? The author gives us clues: • what the character says, does and thinks; how they look… Where and when the story takes place. • •
Examples of place: house, city, town, backyard, a kitchen, Mars, etc.
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Examples of time: year, season, time period, time of day, etc.
The problem(s) encountered in the story, usually by the main character.
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External conflicts: character versus another character, character versus nature, character versus society or an idea Internal conflicts: character versus him/ herself
What did you think about the characters? What are some adjectives you would use to describe them? What’s your evidence? Did you agree with the decisions made by the characters? Why/why not? What would you have done in that character’s position? How do you think the story would have been different if the setting had changed to a different place or time? How would the character’s decisions and choices been different?
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What were some of the conflicts in the story? Were the conflicts realistic? How do you feel about the ways the conflicts were solved? Was the way the characters handled the conflicts realistic?
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The story revolves around the main character • trying to solve this conflict. The message(s) or insight about life that the • author is trying to get across. A theme is a big, important idea about life. It’s a message or a thought about life the author wants to leave us with.
What would you have changed about the story?
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• 5. Theme
Tell me about the story, from beginning to end. Was the story realistic to you? Why? What parts of the story did you like? Why? Which did you not like? Why? Divide the story you read into the different plot elements.
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What would you have done to solve these problems? What do you think are some life lessons we can learn from this story? What do you think the author was trying to tell us by telling this story? Do you agree? Why?
Definition The events that happen in the story.
• • • • • 2. Characters
Discussion Questions
Exposition: Information given at the beginning of the story that sets the stage for the story. Rising Action: When the action gets good – the problem gets worse, emotions high. Climax: the most dramatic point of the story, where a big action happens that begins to end the story – turning point of story. Falling Action: What happens after climax, how things get finally resolved. Resolution: How everything turns out.
• • • •
•
The people, animals or imaginary beings that • take part in the action of the story.
• •
• Main character(s): the story revolves around them. Minor character(s): they help the story move • along, but aren’t as important.
•
3. Setting
4. Conflict
Character traits: What personality does the character have? The author gives us clues: • what the character says, does and thinks; how they look… Where and when the story takes place. • •
Examples of place: house, city, town, backyard, a kitchen, Mars, etc.
•
Examples of time: year, season, time period, time of day, etc.
The problem(s) encountered in the story, usually by the main character.
• •
External conflicts: character versus another character, character versus nature, character versus society or an idea Internal conflicts: character versus him/ herself
What did you think about the characters? What are some adjectives you would use to describe them? What’s your evidence? Did you agree with the decisions made by the characters? Why/why not? What would you have done in that character’s position? How do you think the story would have been different if the setting had changed to a different place or time? How would the character’s decisions and choices been different?
•
What were some of the conflicts in the story? Were the conflicts realistic? How do you feel about the ways the conflicts were solved? Was the way the characters handled the conflicts realistic?
• • •
The story revolves around the main character • trying to solve this conflict. The message(s) or insight about life that the • author is trying to get across. A theme is a big, important idea about life. It’s a message or a thought about life the author wants to leave us with.
What would you have changed about the story?
•
• 5. Theme
Tell me about the story, from beginning to end. Was the story realistic to you? Why? What parts of the story did you like? Why? Which did you not like? Why? Divide the story you read into the different plot elements.
•
What would you have done to solve these problems? What do you think are some life lessons we can learn from this story? What do you think the author was trying to tell us by telling this story? Do you agree? Why?
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