Recognizing Elements of a Story PDF

Story The Pied Piper of Hamelin PLP Skill Builders book pages 52-54  VOCABULARY prosperous (adj) - successful, usually by earning a lot of money Welcome Student overrun (v) - spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers rid (v) - to remove or throw away  VOCABULARY...

Story The Pied Piper of Hamelin PLP Skill Builders book pages 52-54  VOCABULARY prosperous (adj) - successful, usually by earning a lot of money Welcome Student overrun (v) - spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers rid (v) - to remove or throw away  VOCABULARY mayor (n) - the elected head of a city or town councilWelcome (n) - a group of people Student elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject queer (adj) - strange, different, odd  VOCABULARY scarf (n) - a length or square of fabric worn around the neck or head. Welcome Student pipe (n) - one of the metal or wood tubes in an organ through which air is pushed to make sound  VOCABULARY shrill (adj) - having a loud and high sound that is unpleasant or painful to listen to Welcome Student plunge (v) - jump or dive quickly flute (n) - a musical wind instrument consisting of a long tube with holes in it. Who are the characters in the story?Welcome Student When and where did the story happen? What is the problem of the town? What is the turning point of the story? Welcome What did the PiedStudent Piper do? How did the story end? What are the problems or challenges faced by Welcome the characters? Student What are the moral lessons from the story? ELEMENTS Welcome Student OF A STORY SHORT STORY It is a literary form intended to be read in one Welcome sitting. ItStudent produces a single mood and effect, and leads to a believable climax or turning point  ELEMENTS OF A STORY Elements of the story creates the story’s flow, and excites Welcome the readers.Student These elements work together to create the basic structure of a story. CHARACTERS Welcome Student  CHARACTERS The characters are the individuals that the story is about. It could be a person Welcome or animal or reallyStudent anything personified. A story can have many characters or just one main character as the focus.  CHARACTERS Protagonist main character, Welcome also known Studentas the lead or hero/heroine. The main character determines the way the plot will develop and is usually who will solve the problem the story centers upon.  CHARACTERS Antagonist Also known as theStudent Welcome villain An antagonist works against your main character’s goals to create conflict.  CHARACTERS Pied Piper of Hamelin Welcome Student Pied Piper Mayor and Council Townspeople Children Rats SETTING Welcome Student  SETTING Setting refers to the physical location of where Student Welcome the story takes place and the time period. It is basically, where and when the story takes place.  SETTING The Functions of a Setting Welcome To create a mood orStudent atmosphere To show a reader a different way of life To make action seem more real To symbolize an idea  SETTING Pied Piper of Hamelin Welcome Student A very long time ago (time) prosperous town of Hamelin (place) PLOT Welcome Student  PLOT The plot is the series of events that occur in Welcome Student a story. It’s the beginning, middle, and end. PLOT DIAGRAM Welcome Student  ELEMENTS OF PLOT Exposition - introduction; characters, setting and conflict (problem) are introduced Welcome Student Rising Action- events that occur as result of central conflict Climax- highest point of interest or suspense of a story.  ELEMENTS OF PLOT Falling Action - events show the results of how the main character Welcome Student begins to resolve the conflict Resolution/Denouement- loose ends are tied up; the conflict is solved  EXPOSITION Exposition sets the scene. It’s the beginning of the story Welcome Student where we meet our main character and see what their life is like. It also establishes the setting and tone.  RISING ACTION This part of the story begins to Welcome Student develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs and leads to the climax. Complications arise.  CLIMAX This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character Welcome Student comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way. This is the most intense moment.  FALLING ACTION Action that follows the climax and Welcome Student ultimately leads to the resolution. The falling action is when all the other conflicts or character arcs begin resolving.  RESOLUTION/ DENOUMENT The conclusion; all loose ends are Welcome Student tied up. Either the character defeats the problem, learns to live with the problem, or the problem defeats the character. CONFLICT Welcome Student or PROBLEM  CONFLICT It is the challenge or problem that affects Welcome the characters or Student causes big disasters but is usually solved at the end.  CONFLICT Pied Piper of Hamelin Welcome The town Student of Hamelin was overrun with rats. The people had no peace and they did not know how to get rid of them THEME Welcome Student  THEME It is the lesson or the message of the story. It’s the universal message the story Welcome Student communicates. Examples are “power of love”, “good vs evil”, “friendship”, “family”, “life”, “courage”  THEME To discover the theme of a story, think big. What big message is the author Welcome Student trying to say about the world in which we live? What is this story telling me about how life works, or how people behave?  THEME Pied Piper of Hamelin Welcome Importance Student of keeping one’s promise consequences of breaking a promise honesty POINT OF VIEW Welcome Student  POINT OF VIEW First Person Point of View- a character from the story is telling the story; uses the pronouns “I” and “me” Welcome Student Third Person Point of View- an outside narrator is telling the story; uses the pronouns “he”, “she”, “they”  THEME Pied Piper of Hamelin Welcome Student Third person point of view (POV)