Story Elements
WHERE MOST OF THE ACTION HAPPENS IN THE STORY
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RISING ACTION
DONDE TIENE LUGAR LA MAYOR PARTE DE LA ACCIÓN EN LA HISTORIA CLÍMAX ACCIÓN DESCENDENTE ACCIÓN ASCENDENTE
Rising Action
Acción ascendente
What is the word for a problem or problems the main character faces?
The people or animals that have speaking parts in a story.
True or False
All expository text have a plot.
False
THE STORY IS TOLD BY ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY (I, ME, WE). What is the point of view?
first person point of view
What is the word used for how the problem in the story is solved?
Solution or resolution
We often see a ____________ in a folk tale or fairy tale.
theme, lesson, or message
What point of view is it when the narrator talks to the reader and uses pronouns like "you"?
Second person point of view
WHEN A SETTING OR SCENE IN A STORY CAUSES AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE IN THE READER
Mood
THE AUTHOR’S ATTITUDE/FEELINGS ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE STORY is called ___________.
La actitud o los sentimientos del autor hacia el tema de la historia se denominan ___________.
tone
tono
What are the actions that happen in the story called?
events
MAN VS NATURE
A POOR GIRL STRUGGLING TO CHANGE HER RANK IN SOCIETY
A MAN STRUGGLING WITH AN INNER CONFLICT
TWO PEOPLE IN AN ARGUMENT
A MAN TRAPPED AT SEA IN A BOAT
What is a man trapped at sea in a boat?
WHAT IS FORESHADOWING?
HINTS THE AUTHOR PROVIDES ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE
Where and when a story takes place is ___________
setting
What is imagery?
using your senses to describe a scene or a character
When the CONFLICT BEGINS TO GET RESOLVED, that is the
A. RISING ACTION
B. FALLING ACTION
C. RESOLUTION
B. Falling Action
The characters, setting, events, problem and solution is called the _______________.
plot
The narrator is telling the story but they are not part of the story. This is ___________ point of view.
Third person
Name TWO pronouns that are used in third person point of view.
they, them, he, she
MAN VS MAN
A POOR GIRL STRUGGLING TO CHANGE HER RANK IN SOCIETY
A MAN STRUGGLING WITH AN INNER CONFLICT
TWO PEOPLE IN AN ARGUMENT
A MAN TRAPPED AT SEA IN A BOAT
What are two people in an argument?