Plot is what happens in a story.

Components of the Plot contain:

1. The Conflict: the basic tension, predicament, or challenge that

propels the story.
2. The Complications: Plot events that plunge the characters into
further conflict.
3. The Rising Action: the part of a plot in which the drama
intensifies, rising toward a climax.
4. The Climax: The plot¶s most dramatic and revealing moments,
often a turning point in the story.
5. Falling Action: The part of the plot after the climax, when the
drama subsides and conflict is resolved.
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rho is in the story, the author¶s representation of a
person or other creature.
Things to know about character:
1. Protagonist: A story¶s main character.
2. Antagonist: The character or force in conflict with the
protagonist.
3. Round Character: A complex, fully developed character
4. Flat Character: A one-dimensional character, typically not
central to the story.
5. Characterization: The process by which an author presents and
develops fictional characters, such as narration, action, revealing
dialogue or thoughts, physical description.
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Things to know about the setting:

1. Primarily the story¶s time and place
2. Setting helps to establish the mood of the story. The mood is
the underlying feeling or atmosphere produced by a story.
3. Can reflect the social context of a story. Social context
explains the significant cultural issues affecting the story¶s
setting or authorship.
  

Point of View refers to the source and scope of the story
teller.

Things to know about Point of View:

1. Narrative voice is the narrator telling the story.
2. A first-person point of view is usually the protagonist. A first person
narrative my also be a minor character in the story who observes
the events.
3. A third-person point of view occurs when the narrator does not take
part in the story.
  
Theme is the meaning or concept the author is trying to
convey, ³rhat did you learn from this? ³
Things to know about theme:
1. A theme may be stated or just implied.
2. Themes are often related to what the main character learns from
the situation.
3. Actions and events are used to convey and reinforce theme.

Examples of Theme are:

Quest for Immortality; Relationship and obligation to society, Self
-understanding; relationship to the natural world; rhat it means
to be a hero or anti-hero; Types of love; Individual as a survivor;
Person in despair; Person alienated from society/others; Justice
and injustice; rhat is in the after-life.
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