Picture Story Telling, Feb. 2004, Hsieh (1)
Elements of a story
1. setting
(place)
2. characters
(names, looks, personality,
jobs, contributions )
3. plots
(events, transitions)
4. point of view
( John/Mary? I/we?
he/she/it/they?)
5. theme
(message, moral)
6. Purpose
(to inform, to persuade, to
entertain, to inspire)
7. Humor & surprise
* 5W1H: who/what/where/ when/why/how
* Senses: see/hear/smell/feel/taste
Outline
Opening
(setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or
acceptable?
* What’s in or not in
the picture
Who did what? Where? When? Why? How?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Climax?
Turning point?
Ending
(happy/sad/surprise?)
5.
Picture Story Telling, Feb. 2004, Hsieh (2)
Elements of a story
* 5W1H: who/what/where/ when/why/how
* Senses: see/hear/smell/feel/taste
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or
acceptable?
* What’s in or not in
the picture
Who did what? Where? When? Why? How?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Climax?
Turning point?
Ending
(happy/sad/surprise?)
5.
setting
(place)
2.
characters
(names, looks, personality,
jobs, contributions )
3.
plots
(events, transitions)
4.
point of view
( John/Mary? I/we?
he/she/it/they?)
5.
theme
(message, moral)
6.
Purpose
(to inform, to persuade,
to entertain, to inspire)
Humor & surprise
7.
Outline
Opening
(setting, 1st plot)
1.
Picture Story Telling, Feb. 2004, Hsieh (3)
Elements of a story
* 5W1H: who/what/where/ when/why/how
* Senses: see/hear/smell/feel/taste
1.
setting
(place)
2.
characters
(names, looks, personality,
jobs, contributions )
3.
plots
(events, transitions)
4.
point of view
( John/Mary? I/we?
he/she/it/they?)
5.
theme
(message, moral)
6.
Purpose
(to inform, to persuade,
to entertain, to inspire)
Humor & surprise
7.
Outline
Opening
(setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or
acceptable?
* What’s in or not in
the picture
Who did what? Where? When? Why? How?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Climax?
Turning point?
Ending
(happy/sad/surprise?)
5.
Picture Story Telling, Feb. 2004, Hsieh (4)
Elements of a story
1.
setting
(place)
2.
characters
(names, looks, personality,
jobs, contributions )
3.
plots
(events, transitions)
4.
point of view
( John/Mary? I/we?
he/she/it/they?)
5.
theme
(message, moral)
6.
Purpose
(to inform, to persuade,
to entertain, to inspire)
Humor & surprise
* 5W1H: who/what/where/ when/why/how
* Senses: see/hear/smell/feel/taste
7.
Outline
Opening
(setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or
acceptable?
* What’s in or not in
the picture
Who did what? Where? When? Why? How?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Climax?
Turning point?
Ending
(happy/sad/surprise?)
5.
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)
Opening (setting, 1st plot)
Plots thicken.
* order
* transition
* vivid & concrete
* reasonable or acceptable?
* What’s in or not in the picture
Climax? Turning point?
Ending (happy/sad/surprise?)