ELEMENTS OF THE STORY grade 7 english notes

elements of story

1. ELEMENTS OF THE STORY SETTING-place and time the story happened CHARACTER – one who acts in the story PLOT – series of events THEME – central message of the story

2. Features of One - act Play the story revolves or focus on one event only The action of the play move fairly quickly The conflict should be clear to the audience The characters should be limited to two to seven with one clear main character

3. ELEMENTS OF A PLOT INTRODUCTION – the setting and the main characters are introduced RISING ACTION – or complication, the conflict is revealed Conflict- the struggle experienced by the character CLIMAX – the turning point of the story FALLING ACTION – events leading to the resolution RESOLUTION – the conflict is solved