Week 3 Elements of Literature: Plot, Setting, and Mood

• PLOT
• Exposition:  part of the story in which the basic situation and main conflict is introduced (Somebody wants..., but...)
• Rising Action:  chain of events that takes place as the main character struggles to achieve his or her goal.
• Climax:  the point of highest emotional intensity; sometimes the reader learns the outcome of the struggle.
• Resolution:  events following the climax in which any remaining issues or resolved.

Okay, so where does our story take place?

SETTING

• Time of Day
• Location
• Time Period (past, present, future)
• Weather
• Temperature
• Culture

These details of where or when a story takes place creates MOOD!

What is MOOD?

It's that feeling you get (emotional response) when you read a story.   

LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT WORD TO DESCRIBE THESE MOODS? 

How about hostile, inclusive, or barren?