This document discusses key elements of narrative structure including setting, mood, character, conflict, plot, and theme. It defines these elements and provides examples. Setting establishes the story environment and conveys meaning. Mood is the feeling conveyed to readers. Characters can be major or minor, dynamic or static. Conflicts can be internal, relational, or external. Plot involves an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Theme is the topical issue or idea the author wishes to convey.

1. TEXT
STRUCTURES

2. STRUCTURE?
A “text” is the actual or original
words of an author, as distinguished
from notes, commentary, paraphrase,
translation etc.
A “structure” is a building or
framework.

3. Narrative genre generally follows a
standard story grammar that includes
the following components:
Setting Conflict
Mood Theme
Character Plot

4. WHAT IS
SETTING?
The setting is an
environment in which a story
or an event takes place.
It can includes specific
information about time and
place or can simply be
descriptive

5. IMPORTANT?
Think about setting not just
as factual information but as
an essential part of a story's
mood and emotional impact.
Careful portrayal of setting
can convey meaning through
interaction with characters
and plot

6. IT?
To create a setting:
• provide an information
about time and place and
use descriptive language
to evoke vivid sights,
sounds, smells, and other
sensations.
• Pay close attention to the
mood a setting conveys.

7. WHAT IS MOOD?
• Mood is a feeling that is conveyed
to the reader in a literary work.
• The writer can develop mood
through word choice, dialogue,
sensory details, description, and
plot complications.

8. The mood conveyed in a
literary piece can be a
variety of feelings. A
short list is as follows:

9. 1. mysterious 6.dreamy
2. eerie
(frightened) 7.freewheeling
3. electrifying (to 8.gloomy
excite; to 9.light
startle)
4. happy
10.ominous
5. bleak (chilly; (threatening)
cold; dismal)

10. 11.reckless (careless)
12.humorous
13.sad
14.intense
15.calm (quiet)
16.cheerful (happy)

11. WHAT IS
CHARACTER?
A character is a person
depicted in a narrative or
drama. Characters may
be flat, minor characters;
or round, and major.

12. Main character
in a story is
generally known as
the protagonist;
the character who
opposes him or her
is the antagonist.

13. MAJOR
CHARACTER/S
Is/are the character
that plays a large role
in the story, but is/are
not the main
characters.

14. DOPEY DOC GRUMPY

15. HAPPY BASHFUL

16. MINOR
CHARACTERS
are the people in a story who are
not the main point of the story,
but still interact with or grab the
attention of those main
characters.

17. MAGIC QUEEN’S VULTURES
RAVEN
MIRROR HUNTSMAN

18. ROUND CHARACTER
A round character
is one who is capable
of change and
evolution throughout
a story.

19. FLAT CHARACTER
A flat character is one who lacks a
complex and realistic personality.
A flat character is a term referring to
a character who boasts, no mental or
emotional development

20. The main character in a story is generally
known as the protagonist: is the character
who experiences the main conflict or problem
in the plot.

21. A dynamic
character is one
who changes
during the course
of the story.

22. A static
character doesn't
change during the story.

23. • The character
who opposes the
protagonist is
the antagonis
t.

24. Characters can be
examined and studied
using the three
A's criteria:
Appearance, Actions,
Attitude

25. Appearance - the
characters body structure
(height, weight, proportion),
facial features (hair, eyes,
complexion, notable features),
and clothing.

26. Actions - what the
character does. For every
attitude there will be an
action that proves it.

27. Attitude - how a character
thinks. The character may be
intelligent, determined, curious,
talented, brave, stubborn,
humorous, pessimistic, etc.

28. WHAT IS CONFLICT?
Conflict is most visible
between two or more characters,
usually a protagonists and
an antagonist, but can occur in
many different forms.

29. THREE BASIC
CONFLICTS
Internal conflicts occur when
a character is in disagreement with
him or herself. Specifically, this
occurs when a character has two or
more values or traits in opposition

30. Relational conflicts
are incompatibilities
how two or more
individuals relate to one
another - Fathers to
Sons, Bosses to
Employees, Slaves
to Masters, etc.

31. External conflicts arise
from obstacles located
outside the protagonist
including nature, the
supernatural, or society.

32. WHAT IS PLOT?
Plot is a series of
episodes which hold the
reader’s attention while
they are reading the
story.

33. FIVE PARTS OF
PLOT
Exposition
The exposition introduces all of
the main characters in the story.
It shows how they relate to one
another, what their goals and
motivations are, and the kind of
person they are.

34. RISING ACTION
Generally, in this phase the
protagonist understands his
or her goal and begins to
work toward it.

35. CLIMAX
The point of climax is the turning
point of the story, where the main
character makes the single big
decision that defines the outcome of
their story and who they are as a
person.

36. FALLING ACTION
In the sense that the loose ends
are being tied up.
However, it is often the time of
greatest overall tension in the play,
because it is the phase in which
everything goes most wrong.

37. RESOLUTION
There is a final
confrontation between the
protagonist and antagonist,
where one or the other
decisively wins.

38. WHAT IS THEME?
Outside of the plot, the
'theme' is often used to describe a
topical issue that runs through the
story, for example, fatherhood,
unrequited love, racism.

39. The theme is the idea of the
author wishes to convey
about that subject. It is
expressed as a sentence or
general statement about life
or human nature.