what are plot elements and character development?

Question

what are plot elements and character development?

Answer 1

The Elements of Plot are as Follows:

Plot Elements

Title

Theme

Setting


Author


Main Characters

Problem

Solution

Climax

*A graphic organizer is found in the link.


http://www.cheney268.com/Learning/Organizers/PlotElements.htm


Character development is a part of characterization through which a reader knows the character better. His/her moods and motives throughout the story.... The better the audience knows the character.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_development

http://www.pgtc.com/~slmiller/charactertemplate.htm

Answer 2

Plot elements and character development are what make a story. Without them, all you have is scenery and an empty stage.
Plot elements are those things that move the story forward. Is it a murder mystery? The smoking gun is a plot element. The phone call in the middle of the night is a plot element. The lights going out is a plot element. The detective falling in love with the main suspect is a plot element.
Character development means just what it says -- developing a character. If you describe someone as being 5'10" tall, weighing 160 pounds and having brown hair, you haven't given any notion of what that character is like as a person.
If you say he is a nervous little man, who scuttles around the edge of the room, as though looking for a secret passage out, who twiddles with pens and pencils and fidgets with the rims of his eyeglasses, you are building a character who can become real in the reader's mind. And it doesn't really matter how tall that nervous little man is.
That's what character development is.

Answer 3

Here are SOME plot elements:
Conflict--the "battle" between two opposing forces
Internal conflict--a battle that occurs INSIDE a character--for instance, a character who feels torn between being a good spouse and having an extra-marital affair
External conflict--a conflict between a character and a force outside of themselves
Common conflicts--"man" vs. society, man vs. nature, man vs. fate, man vs. self, etc.
Exposition--the beginning of the story, where the reader is generally introduced to characters, setting, etc.
Inciting Incident--an event which introduces the conflict/gets the plot rolling
Rising action--events which build suspense, develop the plot
Climax--the most exciting point or when a turning point occurs
Falling action--events which follow the climax, the action is winding down
Resolution--the conflict is resolved/solved
Denouement--ties up any loose ends that are left after the conflict is resolved

Character development--the method the author uses in order to show what kind of "people" the characters are. They can develop characters through--the character's actions, things the character says, things other characters say about them, ways in which the other characters react to them, description of physical appearance, and just by directly stating something about the character.

Answer 4

Eh. I see character development as a bonding thing so I guess in a way it does contribute to the plot but then you get that certain attraction to a book by reading the story on the back of the cover. It's more of a middle ground topic. The plot can work just fine without character development but it helps to have it. ... Yeah.

Answer 5

Plot elements are things like an introduction, the rising action - what is happening, then the climax, then the falling action, and finally the conclusion. Basically, it is a plot according to the story it is telling.

For character development, look for changes in character actions or personality.

Answer 6

There is a GREAT PROGRAM that will help with BOTH of these problems. All you do is fill in your elements and it will place the elements and character developments where they "belong" in the story. Its called "Dramatica Pro" by Screenplay Systems also Write Brothers. Good luck!!

Also there is:

Character Pro
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WriteItNow 2.0.7
Writer's Block v2.0
Writers Cafe v1.22
Final Draft 5

Answer 7

plot developments are developments in the story line of a story. character development is how the characters develope in terms of strenghts, weaknesses and how they act to other characters and thats how we find out about the characters and that is called character development

Answer 8

plot elments is what builds the story character development is the knowledge you let to be know about the sharacter in the story

Answer 9

Kiki has given you the correct answer! I have taught these concepts for years, and Kiki's is the best explanation I have seen!