The document discusses the key literary elements in a story - characters, setting, plot, and theme. It defines each element and provides an example story about a boy named Jack helping his grandmother learn to use email instead of writing letters. The characters are Jack and his grandmother, the setting is Jack's house and the post office, the plot involves Jack teaching his grandmother to email her friends, and the theme is that you can learn new skills even when older.

1. LITERARY ELEMENTS IN
A STORY
By Ketty Bolaño

2. Literary Elements in a Story
Character
Setting
Plot

3. Literary Elements in a Story
CHARACTERS
The people or animals that act in a
story.

4. CHARACTERS

5. Literary Elements in a story
SETTING
Is the place and time of the story
House Park Jungle

6. SETTINGS

7. LITERARY ELEMENTS IN A STORY
Plot : Are the actions that happen in a story. Plot is
divided in three parts;
1. BEGINNING

8. 2. MIDDLE

9. 3. END OF THE STORY

10. Literary Elements in a story
THEME
Is the moral or message from a
story, what you learn after
reading a story.

11. READ THE FOLLOWING STORY
When Jack’s grandmother came to
visit, she spent lots of time writing
letters to her friends at home. Then she
would ask Jack to run to the post office,
buy stamps, and mail her letters. Jack had
a better idea. He showed Grandma how to
use e-mail. Then he offered to recycle his
old computer by sending it home with her.
Grandma was happy to discover that many
of her friends use e-mail too. She was also
happy about learning a new skill.

12. CHARACTERS
Jack
Jack´s grandmother

13. SETTING
Jack´s house
Post Office

14. BEGINNING
Jack´s grandmother wrote
letters to her friends

15. MIDDLE
Jack taught his
grandma to use e-mail.

16. END OF THE STORY
Grandma learned how
to chat with her friends.

17. THEME
You can learn even
though if you are old