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A NARRATIVE
WHICH TURNS
INTO A MOVIE
CATEGORY
T H REH UE N G
SA
T H
ON
E
B OO
L E S
Elements of a Story
Story Elements
Setting
Characters
Plot
Conflict
Point of View
Theme
Setting
• Setting is the “where and
when” of a story. It is the
time and place during
which the story takes place.
Setting
Details that describe:
Furniture
Scenery
Customs
Transportation
Clothing
Dialects
Weather
Time of day
Time of year
Time and place are where the action occurs
Using the Five Senses
• …•SIGHT
•SMELL
•TASTE
•FEEL
•SOUNDWalsh Publishing Co. 2009
Take a Look…Which is better?
The castle
was beside
the water.
The waves crashed loudly against the shoreline.
The fog lifted lightly and the medieval castle
came into view. It was a beautiful site! The fog
brushed my face and I could smell the smoke
from the fire in the distance and taste the sea salt
on my lips.
Walsh Publishing Co. 2009
OR…
Mood• Mood is the feeling that the author tries to
convey throughout the story. The
atmosphere or emotional condition created
by the piece, within the setting.
• To figure out mood, examine how you feel
while reading the story.
Characters
• The person, animals, and things
participating in a story.
Characters
• Protagonist and antagonist are
used to describe characters.
• The protagonist is the main
character of the story, the one
with whom the reader identifies.
This person is not necessary
“good”.
Characters
• The antagonist is the force in
opposition of the protagonist;
this person may not be “bad” or
“evil”, but he/she opposes the
protagonist in a significant way
TYPES OF
CHARACTER
FLAT
ROUND
STATIC
DYNAMIC
Characters• Flat- A flat character is the opposite of
a round character. This literary
personality is notable for one kind of
personality trait or characteristic.
• Round- rounded character is anyone
who has a complex personality; he or
she is often portrayed as a conflicted
and contradictory person.
• Static- the character who
undergo very little changes or
none at all.
• Dynamic- the character who
undergo changes
Plot
• Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows arrangement of events and actions within a story.
Parts of a Plot
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Plot Diagram
2
1
3
4
5
1.Exposition
• This usually occurs at the beginning of a
short story.
2. Rising Action
• This part of the story begins to develop
the conflict(s). Complications arise
3. Climax
• This is the turning point of the story.
Usually the main character comes face to
face with a conflict. This is the most intense
moment.
4. Falling Action
• Action that
follows the
climax and
ultimately leads
to the
resolution
5. Resolution
• The conclusion; all loose ends are tied up.
• Either the character defeats the problem, learns to live with the problem, or the problem defeats the character.
Putting It All Together
1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
Beginning of
Story
Middle of Story
End of Story
(Freytag’s pyramid)
Introduction
/ Exposition
Climax
Resolution
Special Techniques used in a Story
Suspense- excitement, tension, curiosity.
Foreshadowing- hint or clue about what will happen in story.
Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past.
Symbolism – use of specific objects or images to represent ideas.
Surprise Ending - conclusion that reader
does not expect.
CONFLICTConflict is the dramatic struggle between two
forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no
plot.
Conflict
Conflicts can be external or internal
External conflict- outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a nonhuman obstacle
Internal conflict- takes place in a character’s mind
Types of External Conflict
1.Character vs. Character(problem with another character)
3. Character vs. Society(problem with the laws or beliefs of a group)(character vs. community, society or culture)
2. Character vs. Nature(problem with force of nature)
Internal Conflict
Character vs. Self(problem with deciding what to
do or think; “inner conflict”)
Your turn…
What’s a well-known movie that
has…Character vs. Character Conflict
Character vs. Nature Conflict
Character vs. Society
Point of View
-is how an author tells his or her reader the
story.
Point of View
• First Person Point of View- a
character from the story is telling the
story; uses the pronouns “I”, we, and
“me”
• Third Person Point of View- an
outside narrator is telling the story;
uses the pronouns “he”, “she”, “they”
“I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory.”
‘Hamlet’ by Shakespeare
Harry had taken up his place at wizard school, where he and his scar were famous ...but now the school year was over, and he was back with the Dursleys for the summer, back to being treated like a dog that had rolled in something smelly.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Types of Third-Person
Point of View
• Third-Person
Limited
• The narrator
knows the
thoughts and
feelings of only
ONE character in
a story.
• Third-Person
Omniscient
• The narrator knows
the thoughts and
feeling of ALL the
characters in a story.
ThemeThe theme is the central, general
message, the main idea, the controlling topic about life or people the author wants to get across through a literary work
To discover the theme of a story, think big. What big message is the author trying to say about the world in which we live?
Examples of Themes and Morals
Dreams can come true Hard work
pays off
Be true to
yourself
True love conquers
all
Good defeats
evil
Love and friendship
War
Revenge
The Theme is also
• the practical lesson ( moral) that we learn from a
story after we read it. The lesson that teaches us
what to do or how to behave after you have
learned something from a story or something that
has happened to you.
Example: The lesson or teaching of the story is
be careful when you’re offered something for
nothing.
Any questions?
ASSIGNMENT
• If you will be given a chance
to live in one place, what
kind of place would it be?
Draw the setting of that place
on a bond paper.