PARTS OF A STORY

What are the main ELEMENTS OF A STORY?

• Setting, Character, Plot, Conflict

• Copyright page. ... Dedication. ... Table of contents. ... Foreword. ... Acknowledgments. ... Preface or Introduction. ... Prologue.

• Folio. ... News Article. ... Feature Articles. ... Editor. ... Editorials. ... Editorial Cartoons. ... Letters to the Editor.

WHAT IS CHARACTERS IN A STORY?

• Idea, belief, moral, lesson or insight. It’s the central argument that the author is trying to make the reader understand. The theme is the “why” of the story.

• Every story must have a conflict, i.e. a challenge or problem around which the plot is based. Without conflict, the story will have no purpose or trajectory.

• A person or animal or really anything personified. There can be one main character or many, and often there are secondary characters, but not always.

WHAT IS THE CONFLICT IN A STORY?

• The plot consists of the events that happen in the story. In a plot you typically find an introduction, rising action, a climax, the falling action, and a resolution. Plot is often represented as an arc. To learn about plot in detail, read the article: “What is a Plot.”

• Every story must have a conflict, i.e. a challenge or problem around which the plot is based. Without conflict, the story will have no purpose or trajectory.

• This is how things are said. Word choices, sentence structure, dialogue, metaphor, simile, hyperbole. Style contributes significantly to tone.

WHAT IS THE SETTING IN A STORY?

• The setting is when and where your story takes place.

• Your conflict should rise throughout (peaking at the climax).

• I want to talk a little more about resolution, since it’s so important. How you end your story is what will sit with readers the longest.

WHO IS THWE AUTHOR IN A STORY?

• THE AUTHOR WRITES THE STORY.

• THE ILLUSTRATOR DRAWS THE STORY.

• THE COMPANY

WHAT IS THE PUBLICATION DATE IN A STORY?

• THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR.

• THE SOLUTION OF THE STORY.

• THE YEAR THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED.

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION OF THE STORY?

• WHEN THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.

• WHO WRITES THE STORY.

• WHO ILLUSTRARES THE STORY.

WHAT OF THESE IMAGENS IS A CLASSIC STORY?

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WHAT OF THESE IMAGEN IS NOT A CLASSIC STORY?

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WHAT CLASSIC STORY IS THIS ONE?

• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

• CINDERELLA.

• Hansel and Gretel

• The Three Little Pigs