Post on 17-Jan-2016
Fiction or Non-FictionFiction or Non-Fiction
Short or LongShort or Long
What Makes up a Story?
Plot
What Makes up a Story?
Plot
The events of the story What happens
What Makes up a Story?
Setting
Where the story takes place When the story takes place
What Makes up a Story?
Setting
Where the story takes place In the barn In Australia In Outer Space
When the story takes place
What Makes up a Story?
Setting
Where the story takes place In the barn In Australia In Outer Space
When the story takes place At 2pm During the winter In 1945
What Makes up a Story?
Theme
What Makes up a Story?
Theme
The author’s message The lesson of the story for the
reader
What Makes up a Story?
Theme
The author’s message The lesson of the story for the
reader War
What Makes up a Story?
Theme
The author’s message The lesson of the story for the
reader War War is pointless
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person 2nd Person
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person Uses “I”, “me”, “my”, “we”, “us” Is a character in the story Only knows their own thoughts and
feelings Is not objective (is not reliable)
2nd Person 3rd Person
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person 2nd Person
Uses “you” and “your” Is not a character in the story Gives directions to the reader Does not know what is in the characters’
minds Tells the reader what to do and how to
feel 3rd Person
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
Objective Limited Omniscient
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
Objective Uses “he”, “she”, “they” Is not a character in the story Does not know the characters thoughts or
feelings Limited Omniscient
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
Objective Limited
Uses “he”, “she”, “they” Is not a character in the story Knows the thoughts and feelings of 1
character Omniscient
What Makes up a Story?
Narration/Point of View
1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
Objective Limited Omniscient
Uses “he”, “she”, “they” Is not a character in the story Knows ALL the characters’ thoughts and
feelings
What Makes up a Story?
Conflict
What Makes up a Story?
Conflict
Person vs. Person Person vs. Nature Person vs. Society Person vs. Self
What Makes up a Story?
Conflict
Person vs. Person A fist fight
Person vs. Nature Person vs. Society Person vs. Self
What Makes up a Story?
Conflict
Person vs. Person A fist fight
Person vs. Nature A person struggling to get home
during a blizzard Person vs. Society Person vs. Self
What Makes up a Story?
Conflict
Person vs. Person A fist fight
Person vs. Nature A person struggling to get home during
a blizzard Person vs. Society
A person who fights city hall A person who campaigns against
racism in society Person vs. Self
What Makes up a Story?
Conflict
Person vs. Person A fist fight
Person vs. Nature A person struggling to get home during a
blizzard Person vs. Society
A person who fights city hall A person who campaigns against racism in
society Person vs. Self
A person with a Mental Illness A person who lacks self-confidence
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Protagonist Antagonist
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Protagonist The character who must resolve
the conflict of the story Antagonist
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Protagonist The character who must resolve
the conflict of the story Antagonist
The character (or thing) which creates the conflict in the story
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Static Dynamic Flat Round
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Static A character who does not change
during the course of the story
Dynamic Flat Round
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Static A character who does not change
during the course of the story Dynamic
A character who does change during the course of the story
Flat Round
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Static Dynamic Flat
A character who only exhibits one or two traits
Usually a secondary character Round
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Static Dynamic Flat
A character who only exhibits one or two traits
Usually a secondary character Round
A complex and realistic character Usually a primary character (the protagonist)
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Stereotypes
What Makes up a Story?
Characters
Stereotypes A simplified image of a group of
people which is applied to all members of the group
A character who has one trait of the group is assumed to have the other traits too
What Makes up a Story?