Elements of Fiction

1. Elements of Fiction

2. Fiction • Story created from the author’s imagination • Tells about character and events

3. Fiction ELEMENTS

4. Plot • Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story.

5. Exposition • Presents background information • Introduces • Character(s) / Point of View • Setting • Conflict

6. The time and place in which the events of the story take place. SETTING

7. people, animals, or things that play an active role in a story CHARACTERS

8. Protagonist • Main character • Involved in the main conflict

9. Antagonist • Opposes the protagonist

10. Point of view • The view from which the story is told to the reader • First person – in the story • Third person – outside of the story • Limited – focuses on the main character • Omniscient – narrator can take the reader into the minds of any of the characters

11. External Character vs. Character (Protagonist vs. Antagonist) Character vs. Society Character vs. Nature Character vs. Fate Internal Character vs. Self Types of Conflict

12. Rising Action • Events leading up to the climax • Developing conflict

13. Climax • Climax: • Turning point of story • Protagonist faces conflict • Protagonist will change in some way.

14. Falling Action • Tension from the conflict decreases • Story moves toward the conclusion / resolution

15. Resolution • How the story ends • How does the protagonist resolve the conflict?

16. Climax Falling Action Resolution Rising Action Exposition Conflict Theme • Characters • Setting

17. THEME • Central idea, message, or even moral found in a story • Written in a complete sentenceDO NOT USE “The theme is…”