Novel

Elements of a Novel

​Miss. Santiago

​What are the elements of a novel?

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

• Point of View

• Style

• Theme

Multiple Choice

What is plot?

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

• The ideas present within the story.

• The location and time frame of a narrative/story.

• The way the author writes.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

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• 4
• 5

Exposition gives the reader the background info they need to jump right into your story’s world. It is usually found at the start of the plot.

Exposition

Exposition cont.

Exposition can be given in a variety of ways:

• Flashbacks

• Character dialogue

• Letters from the past

• Setting or character descriptions

Rising Action

The rising action is the moments in your story that lead up to the climax

• Choices the characters have made and the events happening.

Climax

The primary turning point and what your story has been building towards. The main goal of the climax is to resolve the conflict.

Falling Action

The falling action is the events that lead to the resolution, it is meant to "tie up loose ends".

The resolution is the end of the story or plot. The conflicts are resolved; the characters have gone home. Usually.

Resolution

Multiple Choice

What is setting?

• The words, diction, syntax, and structure that a writer uses.

• The idea or theme that an author wishes to portray within a story.

• The location and time frame in which the action of a story takes place.

• The context that let us know what the story is going to revolve around.

​Why do you think setting is important?

Poll

Why do you think setting is important?

• It helps us understand the context of the story.

• It makes it easier to follow the narrative.

• It allows us to relate to the characters.

• It provides a guide for the themes and motifs in a story.

Match

Match the following

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Round Character

This is the main character, around which the whole story revolves.

This character, or group of characters, causes the conflict for the protagonist.

They have diverse interests, an interesting backstory, and they feel like real people.

• This is the main character, around which the whole story revolves.

• This character, or group of characters, causes the conflict for the protagonist.

• They have diverse interests, an interesting backstory, and they feel like real people.

​Character vs. Character

Character vs. Self

Character vs. Nature

Character vs. Technology

Character vs. Supernatural

Character vs. Society ​

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​Types of conflict

What is point of view?

Point of view is what the character or narrator telling the story can see.

​Types of Point of View

​Second Person

​First Person

​It means that we are seeing events through the eyes of the character telling the story.

​In second person, the narrator is speaking to YOU.

​Third Person

​With third-person point of view, the narrator is describing what’s seen, but as a spectator. If the narrator is a character in the story, then we are reading what he or she observes as the story unfolds.

This narrator has three possible perspectives:

Multiple Choice

What is limited third person?

• The narrator sees only what’s in front of him/her, a spectator of events as they unfold.

• We are seeing events through the eyes of the character telling the story.

Multiple Choice

What is omniscient third person?

• The narrator sees all.

• The narrator is speaking to YOU.

Multiple Choice

What is limited omniscient third person?

• The narrator can only see into one character’s mind.

• The narrator can see into all the characters thoughts and feelings.

Multiple Choice

What is style?

• The main struggle that the protagonist faces.

• The words, diction, syntax, and structure that a writer uses.

• The recurring issues brought up in a story.

• How the characters in a story express themselves.

Open Ended

What is theme?

Theme

Theme is the recurring issues brought up in a story or the main message.