ELEMENTS OF PROSE

English

Prose

It is a written language that doesn’t use a metrical structure

Character, Characterization,POV, Setting, Theme, Plot, Conflict

What are the elements of prose?

Character

Any person, animal, or

imaginary being that

performs actions.

Flat, Round, Static, Stereotype, Dynamic

Minor Characters are?

Protagonist

It is the central character in the story.

Antagonist

It is the opposing character from the central character.

Flat character

They reveal one or two traits throughout the story

Round character

They have various traits in the story.

Dynamic Character

Characters who develop and

change throughout the

progression of the story

Static Character

Characters who don’t change and stay the same.

Stereotype Character

Characters with common

generalized traits are repeatedly

found in stories

Characterization

It is the representation of

the traits of a character.

Direct Characterization

The author directly describes a

character's quality.

Indirect Characterization

The author shows the character as

she/he moves through the story.

Setting

It refers to the time and

environment in which the

event happened.

Plot

It is the sequence of

events.

Rising action, falling action, climax, resolution, denouement, exposition

Parts of plot?

Exposition

Part of the story where the characters and setting are introduced

rising action

The event that increases tension.

Climax

The problems that

create the high point

of the story.

Falling action

It is when the tension

decreases and everything

begins to settle down.

Denouement

It is when the conflict has

been resolved.

Theme

It is the central idea of a story.

Point of view

It refers to who is telling the

story.

First person, second person, third person

Types of POV?

First person

The narrator is part of the

characters in a story.

First person

Uses the pronouns “i, me, you, we, us, our”

Third person

The narrator is telling a story

about other people. Pronouns used are  “she, her, him, his, they,them”

Second person

It directly addresses the reader

(or a character who is being

spoken to). Pronouns used: You, your,

yourself, yourselves