Story components
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Characters
Who are the characters? Which are important to the action of the story? What do readers need to understand about them?
Responses
How does the character respond to or feel about the initiating action, the attempts, and the result?
Results
Examples: Cinderella feels sad and gives up. Cinderella goes to the ball and falls in love.
What are the results of the character’s attempts? Does the result initiate a new action?
Her stepmother refuse, and Cinderella gives up.
(New attempt) The fairy godmother makes it possible, and Cinderella goes.
(New result) Cinderella goes and falls in love with the Prince and vice-versa.
Setting
Initiating action
Attempts
Where and when does the story take place? How is the place important to the story. What needs to be explained?
What begins the action? What causes a character to do something?
What attempts does the main character make? What do they do? Why?
Example: Invitation to the ball.
Example: Cinderella asks to be allowed to go
Dialog
What do the characters say to one another?
Example:
"You may not go to the ball!"
"But I've finished all my chores," said Cinderella.