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Story Elements Flipbook Project
Student Notes
Identifying the Elements of A Plot Diagram
Student Notes
Plot Diagram
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1. Exposition• This usually occurs at the beginning of a
short story. • Here the characters & setting are introduced. • We are introduced to the main conflict (main
problem).
2. Rising Action• This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s) with
complications. • Complications are events that test the characters.• A building of interest or suspense occurs.• Suspense is the growing feeling of excitement/anxiety in a story – makes you
want to keep reading!
3. Climax• This is the turning point of the story – most exciting part
of the story. • Usually the main character comes face to face with a
conflict. • The main character will change in some way.
4. Falling Action• All loose ends of the
plot are tied up.
• All of the events that occur after the climax.
5. Resolution• The story comes to a reasonable ending.
• Conflict is resolved.
• Also called the denouement.
Putting It All Together1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
Beginning of Story
Middle of Story
End of Story
Remember: The PLOT of a story moves like a roller coaster
Climax of the story is at the most exciting point
Rising Action/Excitement
builds
Falling Action
As you read: • What is the sequence (order) of events in the
plot?• What does the exposition tell the reader at the
start of the story?• What are the complications faced by characters
during the rising action?• What happens during the falling action of the
story?• What is the resolution at the end of the story?
Think about the story diagram as you read short stories.
Story Elements: Flip Book
You will need:
• 5 sheets of colored paper – each one a different color
• A stapler
• Pencil/Pen
• Your brain
Let’s get started….follow me as I show you how to fold and staple your paper!
Story Elements: Flip Book
1. First Flap:your nameTitle:
Story Elements
6th Grade ELA
Label each of the Story Elements Flaps like this….
Story Elements: Flip Book
2. Flap 2: Plot Diagram
Plot (definition)
• Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story.
This is what your 2nd Flap should look like:
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 3:
Short Story Terms
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 3: Short story terms:
• 1. Exposition/introduction – beginning part of story, sets up story, explains
• Setting – when/where story takes place
• Character – people, animals, creatures, and sometimes things in a story
Story Elements: Flip BookFlap 3: Short story terms:
• 2. Rising action – part of the story where complications are added – to test character
• Suspense – a feeling of excitement/anxiety in a story
• Complications – events that test characters in a story
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 3: Short story terms:
• 3. Climax – the most exciting part of the story
• 4. Falling action – events that occur after the climax
• 5. Resolution/dénouement - final part of a story where conflict is resolved
This is what your 3rd Flap should look like:
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 4:
Point Of View/Theme
Story Elements: Flip Book
• Flap 4: Point of View/Theme:
• Tone – author’s attitude towards subject
• Mood – how the author makes the reader feel
• Narrator – one telling the story
• Point of view – perspective from which a story is told
• First person – narrator tells story (part of story); uses pronouns - I, me,we
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 4: Point of View/Theme
• Third Person (limited)-narrator is on outside of story – uses they, he, she, it, etc..; observing
• Third Person (omniscient) – narrator sees all – even into characters’ minds – all knowing/God like
A little trick to remember Point of View…
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 4: Point of View/Theme
• Foreshadowing – technique of hinting about what will eventually happen in story
• Flashback – a interruption in the order of events in a story; usually for info; memories – not events
• Theme –the message of a story; usually a life lesson
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 4:
Characters/
Conflict
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 4: Characters / Conflict:
• Protagonist – the main character (hero)
• Antagonist – one who opposes the main character (anti-hero)
• Characterization – technique used by an author to create characters for the reader
• Static character – a character that stays the same during a story
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 4: Characters / Conflict:
• Dynamic character – a character that changes during a story
• Flat character – a character that is one sided; usually a stereotype
• Round character – a well-developed character with many faults and virtues
• Motive: a character’s reason for doing/wanting something (usually causes the problem)
• Conflict: when a character struggles with an opposing force (a problem)
• Internal conflict – when a character struggles with forces inside himself/herself
• External Conflict - when a character struggles with an outside force (another person, society, weather, natural events, etc…)
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 5: Characters / Conflict:
Types of conflict –
• Man vs. Man (External)
• Man vs. Society (External)
• Man vs. Nature (External)
• Man vs. Self (Internal)
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 6:
Genres/Symbols
Story Elements: Flip Book
Flap 5: Genres/Symbols:
• Genre – term used to identify different types of literature
• Fantasy – a type of fiction that is highly imaginative and could not happen
• Mystery – a type of fiction in which a puzzling event must be solved
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Flap 5: Genres/Symbols• Science fiction – fiction that takes place in
the future or in another galaxy/universe• Historical fiction - fiction that takes place
in a factual historic setting; realistic for time • Realistic fiction – fiction that takes place in
a realistic setting and could actually happen in the modern world
Story Elements: Flip BookFlap 5: Genres/Symbols
• Symbol – a thing that represents something other than itself – usually an idea
• Examples:
love
peace
Story Elements: Flip Book
• Now, you should have 4 flaps left – save them for later
• Label them Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, & Story 4
• Your flip book will come in handy during your next quiz!
Finally, your Flip Book should look like this:
Story #1: The Dog of Pompeii
• Author: Louis Untermeyer
• Genre: Historical Fiction
Story #1: The Dog of Pompeii
• Setting: Pompeii, 79 AD• Characters:
– Tito – young, blind homeless boy; depends on Bimbo for survival
– Bimbo – Tito’s dog; feeds Tito everyday
– Other residents of the city
Story #1: The Dog of Pompeii
• Point of View:?
• Conflict: ?
• Theme: ?
• Mood:?
Story #1: The Dog of Pompeii
Label the Plot Diagram:
Finally, your Story #1: Flap should look like this:
Now, complete the same process for the next 3 stories!