Story Elements
The mood, time, or place that a story takes place in.
What is setting?
The beginning of the story where the reader gets background information.
What is exposition?
The acronym that stands for speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks.
What is S.T.E.A.L.?
The four types of point of view.
What are, 1st, 2nd, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient?
This type of conflict is when a person fights against themself.
What is person versus self?
The actions and things that happen to make a story.
What is plot?
The part of the story when the tension is the highest and the story changes drastically.
What is climax?
This part of STEAL is used by the author describing how the character's surrounding reacts to the character doing something.
What is effect on others?
The pov that uses pronouns like I, me, or us.
What is 1st person?
This conflict usually takes place when there is something bad happening all throughout the setting.
What is person versus society?
Any person, object, or being that is doing the action.
What is character?
The actions that build tension as the reader gets closer to the climax.
What is rising action?
The part of STEAL that uses the things the character does to help describe the character.
What is actions?
The type of pov that uses pronouns like you or ya'll.
What is 2nd person?
This conflict happens when the character fights against something that they couldn't fight in real life.
What is person versus supernatural?
A clash between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
The end of a story, where the problem usually gets solved.
What is resolution?
STEAL helps the author create this type of characterization.
What is indirect?
This pov is not all knowing, but uses pronouns like he, she, and they.
What is third person limited?
If a story was about two wrestlers, the conflict would most likely be this.
What is person versus person?
The big idea or overarching message of the story.
What is theme?
The actions that lessen the tension and lead to the end of the story.
What is falling action?
Most of the time, the author uses STEAL when the character they are describing changes throughout the story, or is this.
What is dynamic?
This pov is all knowing, and uses the pronouns like he she, and they.
What is third person omniscient?
If a story took place when WW1 was going on, and the perspective was of a rebel, the type of conflict would most likely be this.
What is person versus society?