Story Elements

the sequence of events in a story

• character

• rising action

• plot

• falling action

a person in a story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• climax

• character

the problem in a story

• conflict

• theme

• antagonist

• resolution

the time and place of a story

• theme

• conflict

• symbol

• setting

a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a story

• theme

• motif

• point of view

• symbol

a character or force in conflict with the main character

• conflict

• antagonist

• protagonist

• external conflict

the main character in a story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• third person omniscient

• narrator

the perspective from which a story is told

• third person omniscient

• third person limited

• first person

• point of view

the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a work

• third person limited

• second person

• third person omniscient

• second person

the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• first person

• plot