Story Elements Pt 1 (Setting/Character)

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Story Elements Pt 1(Setting/Character)

• Created by Mrs. L. Younger
• English 7

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Setting

• Setting is the time and place in which a story
  happens.
• Setting can also be used to describe the time
  period when the story is actually taking place.

Example of a Setting An abandoned old house on
Halloween.
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Setting Characteristics

• Setting can be realistic (like May 13, 2008 or
  Dinwiddie, VA) or imaginary (like Shangri-La or
  the year 3015.
• Setting usually describes the amount of time that
  a story or event takes place.
• Most short stories only have one or two settings
  within a day or a weeks span.
• Novels may have many different settings occurring
  within days, weeks, months, years, or decades.

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Setting Cont.

• Setting is one of the easiest ways for a writer
  to establish mood.
• Mood is the atmosphere or feeling created by the
  author for the story.
• Mood can be mysterious, wacky, scary, or joyful.
• Short stories or poems will evoke (make you feel)
  one particular mood.
• Novels can take you through a series of moods.

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Character

• A character is any person (or person-like thing)
  represented in a piece of literature.
• Every story features at least one character.
• Characters are usually people, but can be
  animals or things, like gods and goddesses in
  myths or pigs the fairy-tale, The Three Little
  Pigs.

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What is Characterization?

• Characterization is the way an author/writer
  chooses to reveal the personality of a character
• This can be done using two main methods
• Indirect characterization
• Direct characterization