Story Elements
Story Elements
Character vs Character
Character vs Nature
Character vs Society
Character vs Fate
Type of Internal Conflict
Character vs. Self
Theme
➢The theme is the central, general
message, the main idea, the controlling
topic about life or people the author wants
to get across through a literary work
➢To discover the theme of a story, think big.
What big message is the author trying to
say about the world in which we live?
➢What is this story telling me about how
life works, or how people behave?
The Theme is also
• the practical lesson ( moral) that we learn
from a story after we read it. The lesson that
teaches us what to do or how to behave
after you have learned something from a
story or something that has happened to
you.
Example: In “Little Red Riding Hood,” the
theme is that you should be cautious of
strangers.
Theme is NOT...
• THEME IS NOT JUST ONE
WORD!