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    ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS: TONEthe author's emotional view of the events and characters FORESHADOWINGhints about what is to happen in the story. DIRECT--author directly makes a statement about the character-"he was a nice, smart boy" INDIRECT-Dialogue--what the character says and what is said about the character.

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    ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS: TONEthe author's emotional view of the events and characters FORESHADOWINGhints about what is to happen in the story. DIRECT--author directly makes a statement about the character-"he was a nice, smart boy" INDIRECT-Dialogue--what the character says and what is said about the character.

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    ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS: TONEthe author's emotional view of the events and characters FORESHADOWINGhints about what is to happen in the story. DIRECT--author directly makes a statement about the character-"he was a nice, smart boy" INDIRECT-Dialogue--what the character says and what is said about the character.

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    FromslidesoriginallydesignedbyRhondaSloan,JoplinHighSchool

    Element 1: PLOT
    Themaineventsofthe
    storywhathappens!!
    1.EXPOSITIONinitial
    information
    2.RISINGACTION
    conflictsdevelop
    3.CLIMAXthehighest
    emotionalpointofthestory
    4.FALLINGACTIONit
    allfallstogether
    5.RESOLUTIONtyingup
    thelooseends.

    Element2:THEME
    Themessageofthe
    literature
    Sometimesitisalesson
    learned
    Sometimesitisanoverall
    themesuchaslove
    Canusuallybestatedin
    ONEsentence!
    Ageneralstatementthat
    canapplytomanystories

    Element 3: SETTING
    WHEREthestory
    takesplace
    WHENthestorytakes
    place
    Asdetailedaspossible

    Element 4: CHARACTERS
    Charactersarethepeople,
    animals,etc.,thatdrivethe
    action
    Staticcharactersdont
    change
    Dynamiccharacterschange
    andgrowthroughoutthe
    story
    Flatcharactersareone
    dimensionalnodepth
    Roundcharactersarewell
    developed.

    Element 5:

    CHARACTERIZATION
    DIRECTAuthordirectly
    makesastatementabout
    thecharacterHewasa
    nice,smartboy.
    INDIRECT
    Dialoguewhatthe
    charactersaysandwhatis
    saidaboutthecharacter
    Descriptionwhatthe
    characterlookslike
    Actionwhatthecharacter
    doesandhowother
    characterstreatthem.

    Element 6: CONFLICT
    Twotypesofconflict
    INTERNALpersonvs.
    selfallconflictinside
    onecharacter
    EXTERNAL
    Personvs.person
    Personvs.nature
    Personvs.fate
    Personvs.society
    Personvs.machine

    Element 7: POINT OF VIEW


    Theperspectivefromwhich
    thestoryistold
    Firstpersonthenarratorisa
    characterinvolvedinthe
    storyI
    Thirdpersonlimitedthe
    narratorisoutsideofthe
    eventswatchingand
    reportingdoesnotknowthe
    thoughtsofthecharacters
    Thirdpersonomniscient
    knowsthethoughtsofoneor
    morecharacters.

    ADDITIONALELEMENTS:
    TONEtheauthorsemotionalviewoftheevents
    andcharacters
    WORDCHOICEdenotationdictionary
    definitionconnotationtheemotionalimpactof
    thewordnegative,positiveorneutral
    FORESHADOWINGhintsaboutwhatisto
    happen

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