Plot Structure
Literary Elements - Notes
Fiction: The created text which are narrative and aim to express the feelings and ideas of the writer within a sequence of events, using the created characters and settings.
Short Story: A form of fiction, which is narrative and generally tells a sequence of events within a certain time and place.
Narration: The telling of the story. Each story has a narrator that talks about the events/characters and describes the setting.
Point of View: 1st person: “ I saw…when I woke up…”
2nd person: “you were…when you woke up…”
3rd person: “ He saw…when she woke up…”
Plot
Five Elements of a Story
Climax
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Plot Structure
Exposition: setting is given, background information is provided, characters are introduced
Rising Action: things start happening, clues are given as to what the climax is, suspense is building
Climax (high point): the big action, the main happening in the story
Falling Action: things start to fall into place, the clues start adding up, the mystery starts to become clear
Resolution: the problem or mystery is solved, all the loose ends are tied up, the happily ever after
Story Elements
Setting: where and when the story takes place
Tone: the feeling of the story ( ex: magical, mysterious, comical)
Characters: the people, animals, etc. in the story
Characterization: the way the author creates the characters, giving them personality traits (evil, selfish, greedy…), physical characteristics
Problem or Crisis: what is wrong in the story
Descriptive language: words that give details ( ex: colors, sounds, adjectives)
Irony: when the end or actual result is not what was the expected outcome
Motive: what causes a person to act
Values: principles, moral or ideals, what “good” lesson was learned
Theme: subject or topic that is dealt with in the story
Personification: Giving human qualities to a non-human being
Metaphor – a comparison of two unlike things without the use of “like” or “as”
Simile – a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”
Allusion – a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
Suspense – is the reader’s feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even anxiety about the outcome of events in a story
Foreshadowing – is the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
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Resolution
Falling Action
Rising Action
Exposition (introduction)
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