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What’s in a story?
Definition: a story with a series of events & a narrator to tell the story
Example:◦The Three Little Pigs
Fairy tale (ex. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.)
Book(ex. Twilight, Diary of Wimpy Kid, Harry Potter)
Short Story Movie Make one up!
On front:◦ Write title, title of story,
picture, your name
Each page:◦ Word, definition, example
for your story, picture
Elements of Plot
“The Three Little Pigs”
By: Your Name
Word
Definition:
Example from story:
(Picture)
•TitleTitle•Setting (time & place)Setting (time & place)•Characters (what do they want?)Characters (what do they want?)•Conflict (internal or external?)Conflict (internal or external?)•Events (first, then, next, finally)Events (first, then, next, finally)•Climax (most exciting part!)Climax (most exciting part!)•Resolution (the problem is solved)Resolution (the problem is solved)•Theme (moral of the story)Theme (moral of the story)
Definition: a chain of events that make
up a story
Example:1. First, pig #1 built house of
straw.2. Then, Pig#2 built house of
wood.3. Finally, pig#3 built house of
brick.
Definition: Time and place of a story
Example: -In the country
-houses -once upon a time
• Definition:
People or animals in a story
• Examples: •Pig #1
•Pig #2
•Pig #3
•wolf
Definition: The problem in a story
External Conflict:Problem with outside force like a character, group, nature
Internal Conflict: Inside mind of character like a decision,
feeling, or fear I’m scared of the wolf!!!
Let me in!
No way!
Definition: Events that happen after a conflict when the action rises.
Example: ◦ Pig #1 builds house
of straw and wolf blows it down.
◦ Pig#2 builds house of wood and wolf blows it down.
Definition: Most exciting and emotional part in a story
Example: Wolf approaches Pig #3’s house and huffs and puffs and tries to blow the house down!
Definition: the end of the story when the conflict is solved.
Example: Wolf cannot blow the brick house down, Pig#3 calls the police, and Wolf goes to jail.
Definition: the message or moral of a story or poem
Example:◦Hard work pays off.◦A determined
person can accomplish anything.
