Exploring Literary Elements, Perspectives, & Plot Development

Unraveling the Story

Exploring Literary Elements, , Plot Development, and Author's Perspectives/Point of view

Unraveling the Story

Explore the elements, perspectives, and development of a story. Learn about the key components that make up a story, such as plot, characters, setting, and theme. Understand how different perspectives can shape the narrative. Discover how stories evolve and develop over time, from initial idea to final draft.

Multiple Choice

What are the key components that make up a story?

• Plot, characters, setting, and theme

• Conflict, resolution, climax, and denouement

• Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

Key Components of a Story

Plot, characters, setting, and theme are the essential elements that make up a story. They work together to create a captivating narrative that engages readers or viewers. Without these components, a story may lack depth and meaning. Explore the power of storytelling by understanding these key components.

Understanding Plot Development

• Plot development is the sequence of events that make up a story.
• It includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
• Elements such as conflict, foreshadowing, and suspense contribute to plot development.
• Perspectives can vary, including the protagonist's, antagonist's, or narrator's viewpoint.
• Understanding plot development helps analyze and appreciate the structure and impact of a story.

Multiple Choice

What is plot development?

• The sequence of events that make up a story

• The analysis and appreciation of a story's structure and impact

• The conflict, foreshadowing, and suspense in a story

• The perspectives of the protagonist, antagonist, or narrator

Plot Development

The sequence of events that make up a story. It is the backbone of a narrative, guiding the reader through the story's progression. Plot development includes the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It keeps readers engaged and invested in the story's outcome. Without plot development, a story would lack structure and purpose.

Unraveling the Story

• Characters: The heart of the story
• Explore elements, perspectives, and development
• Understand the importance of characters in storytelling
• Deep dive into character analysis and their impact on the plot

Multiple Choice

What is the focus of the passage?

• The importance of characters in storytelling

• The elements, perspectives, and development of characters

• The impact of character analysis on the plot

• The heart of the story

Character Development

The elements, perspectives, and development of characters are crucial in storytelling. Characters bring life to a story, shaping its heart and driving the plot forward. Through their growth and interactions, they captivate readers and create memorable experiences. Understanding the art of character development is key to crafting compelling narratives.

Story Structure

• Elements of a story: characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution
• Perspectives: point of view, narrative voice, and multiple perspectives
• Development: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

Multiple Choice

In literature, what is conflict?

• A negotiated, legally binding arrangement between parties as to a course of action.

• The dramatic struggle between two forces in a story.

• To overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force.

• A military branch that conducts space warfare.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?

• human vs society

• human vs self

• human vs human

• human vs nature

Multiple Choice

What is the time and location where a story takes place?

• exposition 
• setting
• rising action
• falling action 

Multiple Choice

What is exposition?

• The introduction of setting, characters, and tone.

• The suspense that builds up to a climax.

• The point in the story where conflict is introduced.

• This is the turning point of the story.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of rising action?

• This is when the author teases the reader with the idea of a sequel.

• This is the turning point of the story.

• The story starts to reach a conclusion.

• Suspense builds that rises to the climax.

Multiple Choice

What is the climax of the story?

• When the setting is finally revealed.

• When loose ends are tied up.

• The turning point.

• When the story starts to reach a conclusion.

Multiple Choice

What is a definition of falling action?

• When you fall down, what it looks like in slow-motion.

• The introduction of conflict between characters.

• The turning point of the story.

• Characters are adjusting to changes and the story is coming to a conclusion.

Multiple Choice

In a story, what happens during the conclusion?

• Loose ends are tied-up and sequels are revealed.

• The lights are turned off.

• The credits roll.

• The Dodgers lose the World Series...again.

Multiple Choice

What is a theme?

• a story line- the plot and the conflict

• the topic/subject of a story

• a universal (big world) message about life

• what the story is mostly about

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of a story?

• A one word topic about what a story is about

• the message about life that an author expresses

• the sequence of events in a story- beginning, middle, end

• a general description of what the story is mostly about

Multiple Choice

What does theme add to a story?

• More information about the plot

• An important message or "advice"

• Motivation for the characters' actions

• Dialogue between the characters

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a synonym for theme?

• message

• moral

• life lesson

• main idea

Multiple Choice

What does point of view refer to in a story?

• The perspective from which a story is told

• The title of the passage

• The bias and motivations of the narrator

• The elements, perspectives, and development of a story

Point of View

Trivia: Point of view refers to the perspective from which a story is told. It determines the bias and motivations of the narrator and influences the elements, perspectives, and development of the story. It is not the same as the title of the passage.

Understanding Point of View

• Point of view refers to the perspective from which a story is told.
• It can be first person (narrator is a character in the story), second person (narrator addresses the reader), or third person (narrator is an outsider).
• Point of view affects the reliability and subjectivity of the narrative.
• Identifying point of view helps us understand the bias and motivations of the narrator.

Multiple Choice

What point of view has the narrator as a person in the story and uses the pronouns - I, me, and we? 

• 3rd person limited 
• 1st person 
• omniscient 3rd person 
• point of view 

Multiple Choice

What point of view has the narrator outside of the story and reveals things about one character? 

• 3rd person limited
• 3rd person omniscient
• 1st person
• point of view

POINT OF VIEW

• An author’s purpose is the main reason he or she creates a piece of writing. This reason may be to inform, persuade, entertain, or reflect. An author may write with a particular audience in mind, hoping to affect people’s feelings on a subject. Analyzing the author’s tone, language,

  and content choices can help readers infer what the author’s purpose is. Those same clues can also reveal the author’s point of view—what the author thinks, feels, or believes.

• What is Point of View?

  • Point of View is the way an author crafts his or her story to allow the reader to see and hear what is happening

  • The points of view that are most commonly found in literature are:

  – First Person Point of View – Third Person Point of View

  • • (Second person is only used for guides or instructions using the pronoun YOU)

  First Person Point of View

  • You can identify first person point of view by looking for the following pronouns:

  –I – Me, My – We, Us

  The narrator is a character in the story.

  The reader only knows what the NARRATOR reveals about their thoughts, feelings, and actions.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Single-use bottled water is commonly derived from a municipal water source and goes through a purification process that uses charcoal filtration and reverse-osmosis.

• The author has a positive feeling about the topic.

• The

  author has a negative feeling about the topic.

• The author has a neutral feeling; he/she feels neither positive nor negative.

• Third Person Point of View

  • You can identify third person point of view by looking for the following pronouns:

  – He

  – She

  – They, Their, Them

  The narrator is NOT a character in

  the story.

  The reader only knows what the author

  wants to reveal.

  
  

  We can know the thoughts, feelings, and actions of ONE character or ALL 

  
  

Multiple Choice

As I grazed in the field, I realized that there were not any other animals around. I had a weird feeling that something was wrong. The other animals that are usually making noises are all silent. I see a shadow up in a tree. I think that is is unsafe here, so I am going to run away.

From what point of view is the passage written?

• FIRST

• SECOND

• THIRD

• ALL

Multiple Choice

She ran as fast as she could up the hill. Although she was hot and exhausted, she knew if she kept her pace, she would win the race.

• first person

• second person

• third person

• ALL

Multiple Choice

the narrator is the

• The person telling the story

• the simile

• the person who wrote the story

• flat character

Multiple Choice

the author is

• the speaker

• the person who wrote the story

• the person who told the story

• flat character

PERSPECTIVE

What is Perspective? • Perspective is the lens through which

• Think about it like this:

– If you were wearing a pair of glasses, which character’s glasses are you wearing? Through whose lenses do you see the world?

• When we understand a character’s perspective, we get to walk in the shoes of that character. 

KEEP IN MIND!!!!!

Always look for how things are described, find the main idea, along with adjectives and figurate language that creates either a positive or negative connotation to determine how the POV and Perspective of a topic..... let's get to work

Multiple Choice

I love to watch birds! It always amazes me

how they can build those nests! I like to leave

scraps of hair and yarn out for them to find.

They'll use these things and weave them into a

nest. Being a parent is a hard job, and the birds

can use all the help they can get.

What is the author's perspective?

• Birds use lots of things to build their nest

• Birds are interesting animals

• Humans should never interfere with wild animals

• Humans should help birds build their nest

Multiple Choice

Landfills are overflowing with garbage created by people who are too lazy to recycle single use plastic water bottles. Those individuals should purchase refillable bottles or recycle the plastic bottles. It is easy to recycle and it is the responsible thing to do.

• The author has a positive feeling about the topic.

• The author has a negative feeling about the topic.

• The author has a neutral feeling; he/she feels neither positive nor negative.