Detailed description

This quick reference chart ‘Elements of a Story’ helps students to identify the structure and genre of a story. It is aimed at introducing students to the functional organisation of texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their parts – beginning, middle, end – and each part’s purpose – establish setting and characters, plot development and conclusion. In also introduces the concept of genre and explains the difference between a narrative and every-day, or informational, text, with an example of an everyday text included.