Literary Elements
What is a Character? Que es un personaje?
the people and animals in a story / Una persona o animal.
Key-words for First-person
My, I, We, Me
Sofia is the girl in the story.
Sofia es la niña del cuento.
What am I? / ¿Qué soy?
Character / Personaje
What is the Setting? Que is un escenario?
Where and when a story takes place. / ¿DÓNDE y CUÁNDO ocurre la estoria.
What is a narrator?
The narrator is the person telling the story.
The story happens at school in the morning.
El cuento ocurre en la escuela por la mañana.
What am I? / ¿Qué soy?
Setting / Escenario
What is a Plot / Que es un trama ?
WHAT happens from beginning to end?
¿QUÉ pasa desde el principio hasta el final?
Key-words for Third Person
a name, he, she, they
The beginning, middle, and end tell everything that happens in the story.
El principio, medio y final cuentan todo lo que pasa en el cuento. What am I? / ¿Qué soy?
Plot / Trama
What is an Event / Que es un Evento?
ONE important thing that happens.
UNA cosa importante que pasa.
What is point of view?
first-person or third person
I went to the park. I played on the swings.
Yo fui al parque. Jugué en los columpios.
What point of view am I? / ¿Qué punto de vista soy?
First Person / Primera Persona
What are Literary Elements?
pieces that make up a story
CHARACTER = WHO? • SETTING = WHERE & WHEN? • PLOT = WHOLE STORY • EVENT = ONE THING
PERSONAJE = ¿QUIÉN? • ESCENARIO = ¿DÓNDE Y CUÁNDO? • TRAMA = CUENTO COMPLETO • EVENTO = UNA COSA
Mia went to the park and played with her friends.
Third Person
Luis lost his backpack. He looked for it.
Luis perdió su mochila. Él la buscó.
What point of view am I? / ¿Qué punto de vista soy?
Third Person / Tercera Persona