By Twinkle Taloon

1. 8
ELEMENTS
OF A STORY

2. At the end of the
session,the students
will be able to:
1. Identify what are the basic elements of
story writing.
2. Define each of the basic elements of a
story.
3. Discuss the various sub-types and
considerations of every element.
4. Analyse a certain story by identifying the
elements present in the story.

3. NAME THE BASIC
ELEMENTS OF A STORY
THAT YOU REMEMBER.
LET’S ACTIVATE YOUR PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE!

4. IDENTIFY
THE TYPE OF
ELEMENTS
DOES EACH
DEFINATION
BELOW
PERTAINS:
1. Is the sequence of events that tell the story?
Sometimes we call it the ‘narrative structure’.
2. A story that is told by the protagonist.
3. A story that do not talk directly to the
reader and do not insert themselves into the
story either. This is the most common type of
point of view.
4. One of the most important elements of a
story, but very personal to each author.
5. Includes the time and place in which the story
will be taking place.

5. 6. Is a type of setting where stories can be set in
the past, present, future, or even a mix of the
three?
7. Are the people (or sometimes animals!) who are
featured in a story.
8. The hero of the story and central character.
9. Is a character that serves as a sidekick for the
main character?
10. Is the main challenge to overcome? It compels
the plot forward and is usually resolved during
the plot’s climax
IDENTIFY
THE TYPE OF
ELEMENTS
DOES EACH
DEFINATION
BELOW
PERTAINS:

6. NICE TRY STUDENTS!

7. 1. Why are the story
elements important to a
story?

8. Character
THE 8 ELEMENTS OF A
STORY ARE:
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
Setting
Plot
Conflict
Theme
Point-of-view
Tone
Style

9. Ø These story elements form the
backbone of any good novel or short
story. If you know the 8 elements,
you can write and analyze stories
more effectively.
1. Setting
All stories have a setting. The setting
includes the time and place in which the story
will be taking place. There may be just one
story setting, such as in a short story that
only takes place in a single room of a house.
Common setting considerations are: Time,
Place and Alternative reality

10. THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN LOOKING AT THE SENSE OF
PLACE IN A NOVEL OR SHORT STORY INCLUDE:

11. Let’s try!
The Dark Witch: “The cold carved bone
deep, fueled by the lash of the wind, iced by
the drowning rain gushing from a bloated sky.
Such was Iona’s welcome to Ireland. She
loved it. How could she not? she asked
herself as she hugged her arms to her chest
and drank in the wild, soggy view from her
window. She was standing in a castle. She’d
sleep in a castle that night. An honest-to-
God castle in the heart of the west.”

12. Answer:
The phrase, “The cold carved
bone deep, fueled by the lash of
the wind, iced by the drowning
rain gushing from a bloated sky”
so it could be mean that
character is in a place where it’s
raining or perhaps a storm is
happening in that place. The
character also noted that she/he
is in a castle in Ireland.

13. 2. Characters
Characters are one of the most important elements of a novel or short story. The
characters are the people (or sometimes animals!) who are featured in a story.
The protagonist is the hero of the story and the central character. We’ll also
usually call them the ‘main character’.
The antagonist is the opponent of the main character. This person stirs trouble and is
often the main cause of tension in the plotline.
Peripheral characters . Example: Parents are often seen as static characters in books
and movies. They are reliable, always there, but don’t do much to compel the plot
forward.
the confidante is the sidekick for the main character. . Example: The Lion King,
Timon, and Pumba act as confidantes to Simba during his exile years.

14. 3. Conflict.
The conflict in a story is the main
challenge to overcome. It compels the
plot forward and is usually resolved
during the plot’s climax.The main types of
conflict you will come across in a story
are:
·Protagonist vs Antagonist
·Protagonist vs Nature
·Protagonist vs Self
·Protagonist vs Society
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15. Let’s try! Identify what type of
conflict does the presented problem
below:
Harry must defeat
Voldermort. Harry is the only
person who can save the world
from Voldermort and
represents the child savior.

16. Answer:
Harry is the protagonist
who must defeat Voldemort,
the antagonist. (
Protagonist vs. antagonist)

17. Good vs. evil
True love Example: Romeo and Juliet-
The absurdity of life
The pain of war
Seeking freedom
Political corruption
The power of redemption
The importance of faith
The theme is the author’s central argument or big idea they want
to convey. Themes are often associated with the ‘moral of a story
or an analogy (a hidden meaning in the text). They attempt to
convey a piece of wisdom or fundamental truth about human
nature for us to think about. Even in a short story, there will be a
key theme.
Common types of themes include:
.
Love, hatred, revenge, family, etc.
4. Theme

18. 5. Plot
Beginning: Introduce the characters and set the scene;
Middle: Introduce a complication and tell the story of how it is overcome
Ending: Resolve each character’s individual story and provide a sense of closure.
Exposition: The exposition begins the story.
Rising Action: Challenges, conflicts, and complications are introduced during
the rising action segment.
Climax: After rising action comes to the climax.
Falling Action: After the climax comes falling action. During the falling action,
tension starts to dissolve
Resolution (denouement): The resolution gives a sense of closure to the reader.
It may tie up loose ends in character plotlines and explain what becomes of the
key characters after the story.
The plot is the sequence of events that tell the story. Sometimes we call it the
‘narrative structure’. Another way to use the term ‘plot’ is to make a plan. For
example, “There is a plot to rob a bank.”Plots usually follow a familiar structure. We
tell children that plots have a ‘Beginning’, ‘Middle’ and ‘End’ – and that might be
true for a short story:
As students get older, we go into a bit more depth and use more formal terms:

20. The point of view of a story has a big impact on how
the story will be told. Point of view also influences how the
audience will respond to it. There are three common
points of view.
First person stories are told by the protagonist. You can
tell a first person story from the use of first person phrases
like ‘I’ and ‘We’.
Second person stories are narrated by an outsider
(not a character in the story), but talk directly to the
reader. It is like we are in a conversation with the
author.
Third-person stories do not talk directly to the
reader and do not insert themselves into the story
either. This is the most common type of point of
view.
6. Point of View

21. Let’s try! Identify which is the 1st person POV, 2ND
person POV and 3rd person POV below:
You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like
this at this time of the morning. But here you are, and
you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar,
although the details are fuzzy.
- Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City
Sam Vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he
finished shaving before he did anything about it.
- Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.
-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

22. Melancholy
Uplifting
Hopeful
Authors choose a tone to act as the backdrop to a
story. The tone often overlaps with the
protagonist’s mood or circumstance. Tones include
moods like:
Tone can be conveyed through elements like
weather conditions, time of day, and a soliloquy.
7. Tone

23. Let’s try! Identify the tone of the
narration below
His eye was like the eye of a
vulture, the eye of one of those
terrible birds that watch and
wait while an animal dies, and
then fall upon the dead body and
pull it to pieces to eat it. The
Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe

24. Answer:
The tone of this passage reveals that
the narrator fears and is distressed
by the old man’s eye.

25. 8. Style
Writing style is one of the most
important elements of a story, but
very personal to each author.

26. ASSIGNMENT!
Analyse a short novel of your choice-in whatever genre because the activity is to make them identify
the 8 elements of the story; character/s, setting, plot, conflict, theme, point-of-view, tone, and style, of
their chosen novel.
FORMAT!
Encoded in a long bond paper
Arial - (font style)
12 - (fon'tsize)
Submit it in my Gmail-Twinkstaloon0@gmail.com, on or before July 19 , 2021
Monday, 11:59 pm.
Thursday next week is the presentation!

27. VERY GOOD
STUDENTS, AND
GOOD LUCK ON
YOUR
ASSIGNMENT!