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ELEMENTS OF A
NARRATIVE
• Setting
• Conflict
• Plot
• Character
• Point of View
• Theme
SETTING
1.Place – geographical location;
Where is the action of story taking
place
2.Time – When in the story taking
place?
3.Weather conditions – Is it rainy,
sunny, stormy, etc?
4.Social conditions – What is the
daily life of the character/s like?
Does the story contain local color?
5.Mood or atmosphere – What
feeling is created at the beginning
of the story?
SETTING
1. Helps readers visualize the action
of the work
2. Creates & sustains the illusion of
life
3. Serves as a background for action
4. As an antagonist
atmosphere
6. As a means of revealing character
1.Protagonist
2.Antagonist
3.Deuteragonist – 2nd in importance to
the protagonist
4.Minor characters
5.Fringe characters – those who are
not fully involved in the story;
they are usually destroyed by the
inner conflict
POINT OF VIEW
1.Innocent eye – POV of a child
2.Stream of consciousness – the
story is told so that the readers
feels as if they are inside the
head of the characeter knows all
their thoughts & reactions
3.First person – story is told by the
protagonist or one of the
characters and sees the story
through his own eyes or
experience
POINT OF VIEW
4.Third Person Omniscient – can
move from character to character;
event to event, having free access
to thoughts, feelings and
motivations and enters whenever
he wants
5.Third Person Limited – tells only
according to how the author allows
him to do
6.Omniscient objective – like a camera
following all the things that the
character does or feels but the
reader has to interpret everything
THEME
• controlling idea or its central
insight.
• the author‘s thoughts about a topic
or view of human nature.