Story Elements
Plot Diagram
Elements of a Story
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A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT PRESENT AND RESOLVE A PROBLEM; IT TELLS A STORY
Plot
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The sequence of events in a story that follows the climax; when the conflict in a story starts to resolve

Falling Action

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THE TIME AND PLACE A STORY OCCURS
Setting
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EVENTS THAT HELP PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER IN A STORY

Foreshadowing

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a speech given that speaks well of a person

Eulogy

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A PERSON IN A STORY
Character
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THE TURNING POINT IN THE STORY. The moment of greatest tension in a story. This is often the most exciting event. It is the event that the rising action builds up to and that the falling action follows.
Climax
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is the story's "big idea" or underlying message about life

Theme

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is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall

Mural

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an author's use of words and writing style to convey his or her attitude towards a topic

Tone

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the main character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
Protagonist
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The outcome. How the story ends.

Resolution

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THE REASON AN AUTHOR WRITES; MAY BE PERSUASIVE, INFORMATIVE, OR ENTERTAINING

Author's Purpose

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To make an educated guess about the story based on evidence.
Inference
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Nonstandard speech. A form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation

Dialect

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THE OPPOSITION TO THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY; THE ENEMY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER
Antagonist
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A series of events that lead a story to the climax
Rising Action
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An interruption in present time to show something that occurred in the past.
Flashback
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an affix which is placed after the stem of a word

Suffix

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means "all-knowing," the narrator knows every character’s thoughts, feelings, and motivations even if that character doesn’t reveal any of those things to the other characters.

3rd Person Omniscient 

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point of view uses the pronoun “you” to address the reader

2nd person Point of View

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Works by building up to the point with rising action and then making the audience wait for the climactic moment

Cliffhanger

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The feeling that is created in the story by the author's words or detail

Mood

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HINTS IN THE TEXT THAT HELP A READER UNDERSTAND A DIFFICULT OR UNUSUAL WORD

Context Clue

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is a piece of non-fiction writing that aims to educate the reader about a topic. Unlike fiction or some other types of ...

Informative/Informational Text