Story Elements

Five Elements (Ingredients) of story

1. Character 2. Plot3. Setting4. Conflict5. Theme

Character

• The “Who” of the story

• Protagonist - main character

• Antagonist - the character who opposes the protagonist

Plot

• The “What” of the story

• Sequence of events

Setting

• The “When” & “Where” of the story

• The time and place of the action

Conflict

• Problem faced by a character

• Important because it causes the action

Conflict

Internal • Man vs. self

External• Man vs. Man• Man vs. Society• Man vs. Nature• Man vs. the

Unknown or Supernatural

Theme

• Think of Theme as an answer to the question “What did you learn from this?”

• Moral of the story