5 Plot Structures and Story Elements

Teaching plot structure and story elements through read alouds and short stories. 

The Five Elements of Plot. Every narrative story uses a plot structure and story elements to draw the reader into the authors world. that starts with an exposition beginning/introduction. The introduction or exposition, is where the characters, setting, conflicts/drama are established. The exposition is also where the main problems, main themes, or conflicts can be introduced. 

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STORY ELEMENTS DEFINITIONS

1. Setting – the time and place of a story or play. 
2. Character – a person in the story. 
3. Plot – the series of related events in the story 
4. Exposition – The opening or the 1st part of the plot, Here the author describes the setting, introduces the characters, and gives background information. 
5. Rising Action – the part in which the author describes the conflict or the problem in the story. 
6. Climax – the turning point in the story, the part where the problem is at its worse. 
7. Falling Action – the part where the author describes how the problem is solved. 
8. Resolution - Comes after the falling action and it brings the story to a satisfactory end. 
9. Antagonist – the opponent or rival of the hero in the story. 
10. Protagonist – the central character in the story, novel, or play. 
11. Foreshadowing – the use of clues to hint at what will occur later in the story. 
12. Flashback – a scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot. 
13. Theme – the message or meaning in a story, poem, or play. 
14. Mood – the feeling the reader gets while reading the story. 
15. Tone – The attitude a writer takes towards the audience, subject or character. 
16. Narrator –the person telling the story. 
17. 1st person point of view – The narrator tells the story from his own point of view saying, “I did this or I did that.” 
18. 2nd Person Point of View - The book or story addresses the reader as if the reader is an active character in the book. For Example: You are walking down the street. 
19. 3rd Person Limited – The narrator is outside the story, and sees the events through the eyes of only one character. 
20. 3rd Person All Knowing – The narrator is not one of the characters in the story, but tells the emotions, motives, and actions of ALL the characters in the story. 
21. Suspense – The I\uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in the story.

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