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Literature Terms. Fall 2012 Mrs. Johnson. Elements of Fiction. Setting : the ___________ and __________ where a story takes place Plot : the ___________ of __________ that take you through a story (see plot diagram ). Elements of Fiction.
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Literature Terms Fall 2012 Mrs. Johnson
Elements of Fiction • Setting: the ___________ and __________ where a story takes place • Plot: the ___________ of __________ that take you through a story (see plot diagram)
Elements of Fiction • Characters: the ___________ or __________ that take part in the story’s action. • Character traits: the ___________ that can affect a character’s own ____________, ____________, and ____________.
Elements of Fiction • Point of View: the _____________ from which a story is told. • First-person PoV: the story is told from the _____________ of a character ____ the story. • Third-person PoV: the story is told from the perspective of a narrator__________ the story.
Elements of Fiction • Theme: a _______________________ that a story conveys to its readers. • ex., coming of age, love, resilience, etc.
Alas, we stopped on our miles-long trek down the beach. I lent my sister my knit cap to guard her head from the frigid wind. Mom and Dad asked us to stop to take a photograph of the beautiful scenery behind us. Suddenly, I caught a whiff of something I couldn’t quite place. It was inescapable!
4 Types of Fiction • Short Stories: ________ works of fiction made up of __________, character, ____________, point of view, and __________. Usually have _____ main conflict. • Novels: __________ works of fiction. Contain the same elements as short stories, but also contain subplots. • Subplots: _______________, related stories and conflicts.
4 Types of Fiction • Novellas: _________ than novels; ____________ than short stories. • Historical Fiction: literature that draws on ________ __________ and _________ to tell invented stories.
Elements of Nonfiction • Nonfiction pieces are different from fiction because: • They only include _________ people, events, or ideas. • They are narrated from the point of view of the _____________, who is a real person.
Elements of Nonfiction • Things that can affect the outcome of nonfiction writing are mood and author’s style. • Mood: the overall __________that the work evokes in the reader. • Shaped by the ___________ the author chooses to include.
Ex. Two reporters interviewed this Chihuahua last Halloween. One writer might emphasize the injustice the dog faced, creating a profile with a sad or angry mood. The other writer might emphasize how the dealt successfully with the injustice of being dressed up like a cheap food product and describe his satisfaction with his life as a pampered pooch. That profile might have a happy mood.
Elements of Nonfiction • Author’s style: every feature of a writer’s use of _____________, such as ___________, language, and methods of _______________.
3 Purposes of Nonfiction • To Persuade: usually ___________and editorials; written to ____________ an audience of a certain ___________ or ___________. • To Inform: usually articles, reference books, historical essays, and __________ _________; present _____________ and information.
3 Purposes of Nonfiction • To Entertain: usually biographies, autobiographies, and travel narratives are written for the ___________ of the audience. ***REMEMBER: A piece of nonfiction may have ____________ ___________, not just one!
