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THE 6 ELEMENTS OF A STORY
BY: ERIN VARGAS
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SETTING
The setting is the specific time and place that a story takes place.
Time could be a historical period, time of day, year, or date.
The location can be described in weather conditions or even mood and atmosphere.
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CHARACTER
Can be the person in a work of fiction.
Characters of a person.
Every story should have a protagonist.
Antagonist, flat, round, static, dynamic, foils, or stock are other characters
Example: Spongebob is the protagonist in Spongebob Squarepants.
Example: spongebob is the protagonist.
4.
PLOT
The sequence of events in a story that the author arranges.
Usually the plot is divided into five parts.
Introduction, initiating incident, rising action, climax, then denouement
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CONFLICT
Without a conflict there would be no plot in a story.
Also known as the problem or central struggle.
The four kinds of conflicts are:
Human vs. Human, Human vs. Nature, Human vs. Society, and Human vs. Self
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POINT OF VIEW
The perspective from which a story is told
First, second, and third are the common ones.
Other forms of p.o.vs are:
Innocent eye, stream of consciousness, omniscient, and objective.
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THEME
The author's underlying meaning or main idea.
Usually is the moral of the story.
The author will use some kind of figure of speech to emphasize the theme.
Examples:don't judge a book 📖 by its cover and don't always believe what you see.
"Don't Judge People By Their Looks"
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CREDITS
Elements of a short story
By: Sean Webster
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Erin Vargas
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