The Ravine - Story Elements & Vocabulary (Evans)

The Ravine - Story Elements & Vocabulary

Collections 1 Short Story written by Graham Salisbury

Story Elements

and Key Vocabulary

Learning Intentions:

• I am learning to identify story elements and cite textual evidence to support .

A few Story Elements to describe stories

• Characters

• Setting

• Plot

Character(s)

are the people or animals the story is about

Setting

the time or place of a story

Plot

a good story plot centers on a conflict which is a problem or struggle between opposing forces that triggers the action and events of the story.

2 Types of Conflict

• External Conflict - involves a character who struggles against an outside force, such as nature, a physical obstacle, or another character.

• Internal Conflict - is one that occurs within a character, such as a character struggling with fear or sadness.

Conflict

A story may include both external and internal conflicts. The reader can usually determine which conflict is most central to the plot of a story by deciding which conflict most consistently affect the plot's events and main character's development as the story progresses.

Multiple Choice

Can you tell me two elements of a story?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What are two elements of a story?

• Characters

• Simile

• Setting

• Both Characters and Setting

Ravine

a deep, narrow valley made by running water.

haole

in Hawaii, a white person or non-native Hawaiian.

Character Traits

A character’s personal qualities

Character Development

How a character changes or becomes better known to the reader over the course of a story.

Character Motivations

A character’s reasons why they do things just as real people do. 

gnarly

Something that is gnarly has many knots and bumpy areas on its surface.

Decomposing

starting to decay and fall apart

Rivulet

A rivulet is a small brook or stream.

Cascade

Something that can cascade will fall, pour, or rush in stages, like a waterfall over steep rocks.

Precipice

A precipice is an overhanging or extremely steep area of rock.

hank

a coiled or looped bundle of something, such as rope or yarn.

Repetition

Authors use repetition, or repeated words or phrases, to create emphasis and drama in their writing.

Dialect

a form of language spoken in a specific place by a particular group of people.

Parallel

relating to two planes that do not intersect.

Simile

a kind of descriptive language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.

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