Elements of a Story

Elements of a Story

​TARGET

​I can identify and describe the development of the plot, in particular how the plot happens in a series of events

SETTING

The time and place that a story happens.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch

• a high school in 1956

• happy and loving

• love is stronger than fear

​CHARACTERS

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• The people in the story who carry out the action.

Multiple Choice

Characters can only be humans.

• True

• False

​THEME

The central message or lesson that ​the author wants you to take away from the story.

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​Examples: Lost love, friendship, growing up, or survival

​PLOT

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The series of events in a story.

Multiple Choice

The sequence of events in a story is called the...

• action

• conflict

• plot

• setting

Multiple Choice

What is the part of the story leading up to the climax?

• exposition

• rising action

• resolution

• falling action

Multiple Choice

During the exposition, the ____ and ____ are introduced.

• climax, conflict

• characters, setting

• characters, falling action

• conflict, resolution

Multiple Choice

The turning point in a story; moment of great suspense; the conflict is at the most intense or dramatic moment

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Climax

Multiple Choice

The end of the story is called the...

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action

• climax

Multiple Choice

The problem faced by the main character is introduced and developed during the...

• falling action

• rising action

• exposition

​CONFLICTS

There are four (4) types of conflicts:​

• ​Man v. Man

• ​Man v. Self

• ​Man v. Nature

• ​Man v. Society

​MAN V. MAN

• ​An EXTERNAL conflict that involves a struggle, mental or physical, between two characters in the story.

• ​Examples:

  • ​A husband and wife disagree about how their money should be spent.

  • Two little boys get into a fistfight.

  • A boss fires an employee

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines MAN VS MAN conflict?

• Internal conflict when a character is struggling with something inside him/herself.

• External conflict when a character must struggle against nature.

• External conflict when a character is struggling with another character.

• Internal conflict when a character struggles with a group of people or their culture's rules.

​MAN V. SELF

• ​An INTERNAL conflict that involves the struggle between the character and his/her conscience.

• ​Examples:

  • ​A woman is tempted to steal money from her employer in order to feed her family.

  • A man tries to decide whether to stay with his family or move to another state to take a better paying job.

  • A teenager is torn between ditching school with her friends and staying to take a test in a class she is failing.

Multiple Choice

Man v. Self is an _____ conflict.

• Internal

• External

​MAN V. NATURE

• An EXTERNAL conflict that involves a struggle between the character and the elements of nature that are beyond his/her control.

• ​Examples:

  • ​A family is stranded in a snowstorm.

  • A woman is unable to function because of her serious illness.

  • A man is stalked by a wild animal in the forest.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines MAN VS NATURE conflict?

• Internal conflict when a character is struggling with something inside him/herself.

• External conflict when a character must struggle against nature.

• External conflict when a character is struggling with another character.

• Internal conflict when a character struggles with a group of people or their culture's rules.

​MAN V. SOCIETY

• ​An EXTERNAL conflict that involves the struggle between a character and the rules or laws that govern the society in which he/she lives.

• ​Examples:

  • ​A person is in a hurry and runs a red light.

  • A teenager breaks the curfew set by his parents.

  • A group of students protest the dress code policy.

Multiple Choice

Man v. Society is an _____ conflict.

• Internal

• External

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is this?

Although your friends say that you’re very attractive, you think just the opposite. You are overly critical about physical appearance.

• Man v. Man

• Man v. Self

• Man v. Nature

• Man v. Society

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is this?

A team of Arctic fishermen struggle to survive in the wild after they are shipwrecked.

• Man v. Man

• Man v. Self

• Man v. Nature

• Man v. Society