Elements

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• Elements
• Of
• Plot

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• What is plot?
• Why is it important?

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• Character
• a person, animal, or thing that takes part in
  the action of the story

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• Dynamic character
• a character that changes or evolves during the
  story
• change may be either emotional, intellectual, or
  spiritual
• sometimes called round
• usually main characters

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• Static character
• a character that does not change or evolve
  during the story
• sometimes called flat
• usually minor characters

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• Protagonist
• The main character of the story
• does not have to be the good guy
• For example
• Batman, Will Turner, Harry Potter, Frodo,
• Anakin Skywalker, Aragorn, Rikki-tikki-taviand
  so on

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• Antagonist
• The character, situation, or thing that brings
  conflict to the protagonist
• does not have to be the bad guy
• For example
• Joker, Captain Barbosa, Voldemort, Darth Vader,
  Saraman, the Ring, Nag and Nagaina

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• Foil
• A character that possesses the same
  characteristics as the protagonist, but does not
  have the same heroic qualities.
• For example
• Neville, Darzee, Hans Solo

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• Narrator
• A speaker or character that tells the story
• inside or outside the story

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• Conflict
• The struggle between
• opposing forces or characters within the story

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• External Conflict
• struggle against an outside force
• man vs manman vs nature/world
• Internal Conflict
• struggle within the mind of the character
  man vs. self

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• Theme
• The main message/idea/purpose
• of a literary work
• It must be universal and not include specific
  details from the story
• For example
• Death cannot stop true love.
• The Princess Bride

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• Point of View
• The perspective from which the story is told

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• 1st Person narrator within the story that
  refers to himself or herself as I.
• It is limited to only that characters thoughts,
  feelings, or knowledge.

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• 3rd Person Limited
• The narrator knows only one characters thoughts
  and feelings.
• Tells the story from that characters perspective
  and knowledge.
• Uses pronouns like he or she.

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• 3rd Person Omniscient
• The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of
  all the characters.
• Uses pronouns like he or she.

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• Mood
• The feeling the story creates within the reader
• For example
• adventurous, suspenseful, sad, gloomy, cheerful,
  mysteriousand so on

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• Tone
• The authors attitude toward the characters or
  theme of the story
• For example
• A positive or negative attitude toward women,
  society, historical events, crime, justice,
  loveand so on

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• Setting
• The place, time, or weather in which the story
  takes place.

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• Climax
• Rising Action Falling
  Action
• Conflict
• introduced
• Exposition
  Resolution

Plot Triangle
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• Exposition
• Introduction of the main characters, setting, and
  basic situation of the story

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• Conflict or Complication
• The problem which
• causes events to happen during the rising action
  of the story

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• Rising Action
• Action that happens after the conflict is
  introduced and leads toward the climax of the
  story

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• Climax
• Point of highest action or suspense
• Usually is when the protagonist and antagonist
  meet for the last time.

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• Falling Action
• Events that occur after the central conflict is
  resolved
• tying up the loose ends

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• Resolution
• The final events of the story
• return to normal or the new normal

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