Plot, Setting, Characters, Characterization and Author's Purpose
Summary
TLDRIn this educational video, Teacher Sheila introduces the fundamental elements of storytelling, focusing on characters, setting, plot, theme, and mood. She guides viewers to analyze pictures for characters' roles and characteristics, plot development, and setting's influence on the story's message. The discussion highlights the importance of understanding these elements to grasp an author's intended message, using the example of an old woman and a kitten to illustrate the concepts.
Takeaways
- 📚 The script is an English lesson focusing on the elements of a story, including characters, setting, plot, theme, and mood.
- 👥 Characters are the actors or movers in a story, which can be people, creatures, or even things, and they can be protagonists or antagonists.
- 🎭 Characterization is a literary device used by authors to provide details about characters, revealing their traits and roles in the story.
- 🔄 Plot refers to the sequence of events in a story, consisting of exposition, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution.
- 🤔 Conflict is a central part of the plot, which can be internal (character versus self) or external (character versus society, nature, other characters, etc.)
- 🏞 Setting is the time and place where the story occurs, including not only the location but also the weather and social conditions.
- 🌟 The mood or atmosphere is an integral part of the setting, creating a specific feeling at the beginning of the story.
- 👵🐱 The example provided in the script uses an old woman and a kitten as characters, symbolizing wisdom and youthful adventure, respectively.
- 🌅 The setting described in the script is peaceful, calm, bright, and happy, contributing to the overall mood of the story.
- 💭 The author's purpose, as inferred from the script, is to entertain and advise the audience, possibly suggesting that young people should be prepared for the unexpected.
- 📖 The elements of story, such as characters and setting, are crucial in delivering the author's message, making the narrative more engaging and meaningful.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the discussion in the video script?
-The main focus of the discussion is the elements of a story, specifically characters, characterization, plot, and setting.
What are the five essential parts of a plot?
-The five essential parts of a plot are exposition, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is the purpose of characterization in a story?
-Characterization is used by the author to provide details about a character, teaching the reader something about them and advancing the story.
What are the different types of conflict in a story?
-The different types of conflict are character versus self, character versus society, character versus character, character versus nature, and external conflict.
What does the setting in a story include?
-The setting includes the time and location of the story, as well as weather conditions, social conditions, and the mood or atmosphere.
What are the characters in the pictures discussed in the script?
-The characters in the pictures are an old woman and a kitten, which represent different aspects of wisdom and youthfulness.
How is the old woman described in the pictures?
-The old woman is described as calm and symbolizing an individual full of knowledge and wisdom.
What does the kitten represent in the story?
-The kitten represents young people of today's generation who are adventurous, sophisticated, and love challenges.
What is the message that the author of the pictures wants to convey?
-The message is that young people should always be ready for the unexpected and accept the results of their actions, and that they should listen to those more knowledgeable.
How do the setting and characterization contribute to the message of the story?
-The setting and characterization add depth and meaning to the story, making the message more impactful and thought-provoking for the viewers or readers.
What is the purpose of the author in creating the pictures discussed in the script?
-The purpose is to entertain and to give advice, using the pictures to convey a simple yet profound message about life and learning from the experiences of others.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to Story Elements
Teacher Sheila introduces the concept of story elements, emphasizing the importance of characters, setting, plot, theme, and mood. She encourages students to analyze pictures to understand these elements. The lesson focuses on characters and characterization, plot, and setting. Students are given a minute to analyze pictures and answer questions about characters, setting, story order, author's message, and how these elements contribute to the message.
🎭 Understanding Characters and Characterization
The second paragraph delves into the specifics of characters and characterization. Characters are defined as the actors or movers in a story, which can be people, creatures, or things. Characterization is a literary device used by authors to reveal details about characters, helping to develop the story. The paragraph also discusses different types of conflicts within a story, including internal struggles and external challenges against other characters, nature, or society.
🌄 Exploring Plot and Setting
In the third paragraph, the discussion shifts to the plot and setting of a story. The plot is described as the sequence of events, with five essential parts: exposition, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution. The setting is defined as the time and location of the story, including weather conditions and social context, which together create the mood or atmosphere. The paragraph concludes with an analysis of a picture featuring an old woman and a kitten, symbolizing wisdom and youthful adventure, set in a peaceful environment, aiming to entertain and advise the audience.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡English Hub
💡Story Elements
💡Characterization
💡Plot
💡Conflict
💡Climax
💡Setting
💡Theme
💡Mood
💡Message
Highlights
Introduction to the importance of analyzing pictures for understanding stories and their elements.
Pictures tell a story with characters, setting, plot, theme, and mood.
Discussion on characters and their roles as actors or movers in the story.
Explanation of characterization as a literary device to reveal details about characters.
Plot defined as the sequence of events in a story with five essential parts.
Exposition as the introduction or beginning of the story.
Conflict as the central struggle faced by the characters in the story.
Types of conflicts: character versus self, external, character versus character, character versus nature, and character versus society.
Climax as the turning point or peak of the story's events.
Falling action as the part of the plot where the resolution begins.
Resolution or conclusion as the outcome of the story's events.
Setting described as the time and location of the story, including weather and social conditions.
The role of setting in creating the mood or atmosphere of the story.
Analysis of the characters in the pictures: an old woman symbolizing knowledge and wisdom, and a playful kitten representing adventurous youth.
The peaceful and bright setting of the picture, suggesting a calm and happy environment.
The author's purpose in creating the story: to entertain and provide advice.
The message conveyed by the author: being prepared for the unexpected and learning from those more knowledgeable.
How setting and characterization contribute to the message of the story.
Conclusion of the discussion, emphasizing the importance of story elements in conveying the message.
Transcripts
good day everyone i am teacher sheila
and you are at your english hub
look at these pictures carefully
did they tell us something
or do they tell us a story
the answer is yes okay these pictures
for all pictures
tell us something and it tells us a
story
and these stories have characters
setting
plot
the theme and the mood or its tone and
these are what we call the elements of
aspari
characters characterization
plot and setting will be the focus of
our discussion for this morning let's go
back with these pictures
in the directions here
yes analyze the pictures below then be
ready to answer the questions that
follow i will give you one minute to
analyze carefully to study the pictures
carefully and analyze them your time
starts now
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let us have
the questions
before we're going to have the
discussion i will give you first the
questions that you need to answer
first question
who are the characters in the pictures
or in the story
second question how will you describe
these characters based from what you see
in the given pictures
number three how about the setting how
will you describe it
number four why do you think the order
of this story created or have written
this number five what do you think is
the message that the author wants to
tell us
and the last one is how do the setting
and the characterization used by the
author contributed to the message that
he wants to deliver to his viewers or
readers so those are the questions that
you need to answer
after our discussion
when we say characters
this is one of the elements of a short
story
characters refer to persons preachers or
things who serve as actors or movers in
the story so these are the people the
creatures the animals are the things who
acts in the story
they portray specific rules with
corresponding dialogues and the flat
lines
they may be protagonists or antagonists
okay so that is what we call the
character or characters let us have
characterization a characterization as
one of the writers pose or literary
devices
that occurs anytime the author uses
details about the character to teach us
something about him
it's a clear so when there's a
characterization the oscar of that
particular story is already giving us
information or details about this
particular character
okay this is used over the course of the
story in order to tell us
okay so let us have the second element
the blood is when we say blood it refers
to the arrangement of the event
developing the basic ideas
in the story so when we say plot it is
the events okay the sequence of events
in the story slot has
five essential parts and the first one
is the exposition exposition when we say
exposition it is the introduction or the
beginning of the story so let us have
the second part which is the conflict
so when we say conflict it is the
struggle or the challenges or the
challenge that the main character or the
particular character in the story is
facing that is what we call conflict a
conflict might be
character versus self the main character
or the character in the story is having
a problem or facing a challenge or a
struggle within
himself
okay character versus self
means
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struggles with own soul
physical limitations
choices and
etc let us have the second
type of conflict which is extraordinary
okay so when we say external
is the struggle of the character with
the force outside one's self
the next type of conflict is character
versus character they struggle against
other people so this is very common a
struggle between one character in the
story and with another character okay
and the la the fourth one is character
versus nature struggles against animals
weather environment okay so that is
character versus nature and let us have
the last type of conflict which is
character versus society okay this is
struggles against ideas practices are
customs of others or of the society so
these are the five types of conflict
let's have the third essential part of a
plot which is the clivax okay climax is
the turning point of the events in the
story
it is the peak point
of the events in the story let us have
the fourth essential part of a conflict
which is the following action so when we
say falling action this is where the
resolution begins or events and
complications start to fall into place
okay so this is where the solution of
the problem or the struggle of the
character starts to be solved
okay and the last one is the resolution
or the conclusion this is this is the
outcome of events in the story the last
element okay
which is very important
in this discussion the setting okay so
when we say setting it refers to the
time and location when and where the
story takes place so when you say
setting it's not only the place okay so
it includes number two
time when the story happens
number three a weather condition so
whenever we are describing the setting
of a story we need to consider the
weather conditions the social conditions
and the last one is mood or atmosphere
okay what feeling is created at the
beginning of the story so this are the
contents of
the setting
so we are done with our um short
discussion of this topic let us go back
with that picture after analyzing the
pictures let us have
this
question
okay so let us now answer the given
questions okay question number one who
are the characters in the pictures or in
the story
the characters in the story or in the
picture
are
we have the old woman and the kitten
okay so these are the actors or the
movers in the story
let us have question number two
okay for question number two
how will you describe this characters
based from what you see in the given
pictures okay so in question number two
we are now applying or using the
characterization okay we need to
describe these two characters the old
woman and the kitten how are you going
to describe these two characters let us
have the old woman first if you're going
to look at the old woman he is a calm
old woman
okay which symbolizes an individual who
is full of knowledge and wisdom okay so
when we say old woman it represents
an individual who is knowledgeable or
who has more than enough knowledge about
everything in this world another
character is the kitten so if we're
going to do the characterization the
kitten here is a playful or if we're
going to describe the kite it's a
playful kitten which represents young
people of today's
generation
what kind of young people do we have
right now they are adventurous
individuals or young peoples who love
challenges
who are sophisticated so
that is what the playful kitten or the
kitten in the picture represents so let
us have question number b how about the
setting how will you describe it
so based on the picture
it's a very peaceful
calm bright and happy day or place let
us have question number four why do you
think the author of this story created
or have written this
okay what do you think is the reason why
the author
have
drawn
these pictures as i am always saying
an author writes something
because he wants to tell something he
wants to tell his readers or
readers or viewers something okay so
what do you think is the purpose of the
author here
it is to entertain and to give us maybe
to give us an advice if you are going to
look at or analyze carefully the
pictures it gives us a message
so that is the reason why the author
created this one number one is to
entertain us the second one is to give
us an advice so let us a question number
five what do you think is the message
of the author
that he wants to tell us what do you
think is the message of the author that
he wants to tell us based on the picture
the author wants to tell us that as
young people we need to be always ready
with all the things which might happen
any time of the day we need to expect
the unexpected we need to be always
ready to accept whatever the result of
our actions
okay just like what happened to the
kitten in the picture
he's very happy and excited in chasing
the ball of yarn which only brings him a
big disappointment at the end
okay so there are people around us who
are more knowledgeable than us so we
need to consider them and we need to
listen to them the very simple message
that these pictures want to tell us okay
so let us have question number six the
last question how do the setting and the
characterization used by the author
contributed to the message that he wants
to deliver to his viewers or readers
the elements are these elements give
more color and meaning to the pictures
or the story so this make the meaning or
message hunting more challenging and
mind-blowing
is it clear so elements of the story the
characters the plot or the
characterization in the setting
are very important
in
the story so it contributes something
to the message
of it
so that's all for today see you again
bye
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