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A one-page CAPS Grade 7 English poster on elements of a story (Reading and writing), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
Characters are the people or animals in a story. The protagonist is the main character. The antagonist is the character or force that works against the protagonist. We learn about a character from what he or she says, does and thinks.
Mr Dlamini whistled as he swept the yard every morning.
(He is cheerful and hard-working.)
The setting is where and when a story happens. It includes the place, the time (time of day, season, period) and the atmosphere.
At midnight, the lighthouse stood alone on a windswept cliff.
The plot is the order of events.
Conflict is the problem the character must face.
The narrator tells the story. In the first person the narrator is a character and uses I, me and my. In the third person an outside narrator uses he, she and they.
I saw the storm coming.
She saw the storm coming.
The theme is the main message of the story, such as honesty, courage or friendship. The mood is the feeling that the reader gets, such as scary, sad or peaceful.
A story about a boy who returns a lost wallet may have the theme of honesty.
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