Introduction to Narrative Elements Setting MoodTone Character Conflict

Introduction to Narrative Elements Setting, Mood/Tone, Character, Conflict, Plot, and Theme

What do you already know about these things? Setting, Mood/Tone, Character, Conflict, Plot, and Theme

In your Reader’s Notebook… • Open to pages 56 and 57 • Color the titles only for each box • Don’t color so hard that you can’t read the words

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Setting • The time and place of a story • It can be specific or vague • Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap

Mood/Tone • These both relate to feelings while reading a book • Mood: How the writing makes the reader feel • Tone: How the narrator/author feels • Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap

Character • A person, animal, or object with human qualities in a story/passage. • Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap

Conflict • A struggle against opposing forces • In other words – a problem of some sort • Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap

Plot • The sequence of events that happen in a story • Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap

Theme • The main idea or overall message of a story • Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap