Elements of Fiction

1. Elements of Fiction • Plot • Setting • Character • Point of View • Theme • Mood

2. Plot Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It is series of events and actions that takes place in a story.

3. Chronological order Flashback In media res (in the middle of things) when the story starts in the middle of the action without exposition Types of Plots Plots can be told in

4. Plot Line Climax: The turning point. The most intense moment (either mentally or in action. Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax. Falling Action: all of the action which follows the Climax. Resolution (End): The conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads. Exposition (Beginning): The start of the story. The way things are before the action starts.

5. Conflict Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.

6. Character vs. Nature Character vs. Society Internal Conflict Character vs. Self Types of Conflict Interpersonal Conflict Character vs. Character Character v. Fate