Elements of fiction

ELEMENTS OF FICTION

What is Fiction? Anything made up or imagined. ~Novel and Short Story

What are CHARACTERS?
People who take part in the action of the story
PROTAGONIST -main character in a story
ANTAGONIST - force or person in conflict with the main character

What are CHARACTERS?
Characters can also be classified in these parts:
Main – the most important characters
Minor – less important characters

What is THEME and SETTING?
THEME -the main idea the author wishes to share with the reader
SETTING -time and place the story occurs present/past/future OR real/imaginary

What is PLOT? EXPOSITION RISING ACTION CLIMAX FALLING ACTION RESOLUTION Chain of events that make up a story Conflict

PLOT BREAKDOWN
EXPOSITION - opening of a story that gives background information, introduction to characters and sometimes the conflict is introduced

PLOT BREAKDOWN
RISING ACTION - more complex actions occur, problems are more complicated and a desire to find out what happens next is created

PLOT BREAKDOWN
CLIMAX- intensity of a story reaches a peak and a turning point in action occurs that affects the outcome of the ending

PLOT BREAKDOWN
FALLING ACTION- intensity of the story subsides and the results of the major events wind down and are described

PLOT BREAKDOWN
RESOLUTION - final part of a story that tells the ending and any loose ends are tied up and questions answered

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