G+Story+Elements

Green Book Unit 1 Reading Strategies

**Story Elements **
 * **Plot** - exposition, problem, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution




 * ==Theme- **what the story about, (look at the title, the conflict and the resolution)** ==

***Internal Conflict:**
 * **Conflict/Problem **

man vs himself

 *External Conflict: man vs man - man vs society



man vs machine

man vs fate/god

man vs nature


 *  **Characters** - their thoughts, feelings, physical traits, descriptions, actions,, dialogue, and other characters thoughts and feeling .Character Characteristics


 * **Protagonist** - the "good" guy, main character and hero of the story
 * **Antagonist** - the "bad" guy or villain of the story who makes trouble for the hero
 * **Dynamic** - a well developed character who changes over the course of the story
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 250%;">**Static** - a flat character that does not change over time


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 250%;">**Setting** - time: date, year, time of day, past, present, future






 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 250%;">**Setting** - place: country, city, town, room, house,.....etc.