A Quick Look at

Setting

The time and place where a story takes place.

Examples:

Examples of Setting

Finding Nemo: the sea

Examples of Setting

A Christmas Carol: 1840s London

Examples of Setting

Do The Right Thing: A hot summer day on a block in Brooklyn, NY

Examples of Setting

Personal examples from things you have seen or read?

Characters

Protagonist: The main character of the story

Examples:

Walter Younger from

A Raisin in the Sun

Marlin from Finding Nemo

Characters

Antagonist: The opposition or force that creates conflict for the Protagonist

Examples: the ocean in Finding Nemo

The Red Skull in Captain America

Characters

Minor CharactersAssist the Protagonist but do not grow like

the main character○ Examples: Chewbacca in Star Wars

Characters

Static: characters never change Dynamic: characters change and come

to a realization over the course of story Stereotype: a character that is supposed

to represent an entire culture due to his/her traits.

Point of View

1st Person P.O.V: Uses “I” Told through the Protagonist’s eyes

2nd Person P.O.V: Uses “You”Told through minor character’s eyes

3rd Person P.O.V: Uses “He, She, It”Told through an omniscient (all knowing)

narrator

Plot

Five partsExposition Rising ActionClimaxFalling Action Resolution

Plot

Exposition: The introduction. The characters, setting, and conflicts are introduced.

Example: The kids decide to go to the haunted mansion on the hill where the killer supposedly lives.

Plot

Rising Action: The conflict rises through a series of problems or issues.

Examples: The kids discover that the killer still lives in the mansion, and he proceeds to kill them all one by one.

Plot

Climax: The point at which the conflict is resolved. The highest point of intensity.

Example: The hero kills the villain.

Plot

Falling Action: The effects of the Climax are scene

Example: The hero realizes that he or she has killed the villain and tries to relax.

Plot

Resolution: The end of the story where everything is tied up.

Example: The hero walks off into the sunset…or dies.

If a resolution is sad, it’s called Denouement

Resolutions

There are three types of Resolutions:Cliffhanger

○ No resolution is givenClosed

○ No questions are leftOpen

○ Many questions are left

Conflict

Conflict: The struggle or battle that drives the storyTwo types of conflict:

○ Internal○ External

Internal Conflict

Only one type:Person vs. Self

○ Example: The protagonist fights his addiction

External Conflict

Four types:○ Person vs. Person

Protagonist vs. another person

○ Person vs. SocietyProtagonist vs. group of people

○ Person vs. NatureProtagonist vs. environment

○ Person vs. FateProtagonist vs. God or his destiny

Theme

The moral or message of a story.

Tone Vs. Mood

Tone: The author’s attitude toward his/her subject

Mood: the emotional state or feeling you get from the literature

Other Terms

Foreshadowing: Hints as to what is coming later in the story

Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things

Symbolism: an object, place, or person who stands for something else.