Story Elements
What is setting?
Time and Place: Where/when the story takes place
The term used for the time and place of a story.
What are the four types of character conflict in a story?
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Nature
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective.
First Person
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
What is argumentative writing?
Trying to argue one side.
The problem of the story.
Conflict
When a character is having a problem or conflict with another character, it is know as this type of conflict.
Character vs. Character
When a narrator uses "you, your," it is written in this perspective.
Second Person
What is a nonfiction text mostly about?
Facts/real events
What is persuasive writing?
Trying to convince someone of something
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
When a character is having a problem or conflict with society, it is this kind of conflict.
Character vs. Society
When a narrator uses "you, your," it is written in this perspective.
Third Person
What is a claim or thesis statement?
a statement that tells what a writing will be about
What is text evidence?
Evidence you can pull directly from the passage to back up your claim.
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
When a character is having an internal conflict, or a conflict within themselves, it is known as this kind of conflict.
Character vs. Self
When a narrator uses "he/she/they, their/theirs," and so on, it is written in this perspective.
Third Person
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral of a story
When a character is struggling with outside forces, or things that the character cannot control, it is this kind of conflict.
Character vs. Nature
This is the term for an “all knowing” narrator POV.
Third Person Omniscient