Elements of Fiction

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Elements of Fiction

• Trudy Proctor
• March 18, 2003

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Elements of Fiction

• Setting
• Characters
• Point of View
• Theme
• Conflict
• Plot

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Setting

• Time
• When the story takes place
• Place
• Where the story takes place
• Culture
• Customs, values, and beliefs of the period

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Characters

• All the actors in the story
• Protagonist
• Central or main character
• Antagonist
• Person or force against the protagonist

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Theme

• Main message of the story
• Explicit
• Stated in the story
• Implied
• Suggested by events in the story
• Must be interpreted by the reader
• May vary

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Point of View

• First-person Narrator is a character.
• Reader sees everything through the eyes of that
  character.
• Third-person Narrator is not in the story.
• Limited omniscient Reader knows thoughts of one
  person.
• Omniscient Reader knows thoughts of several
  characters.

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Conflict

• Struggle between forces
• External struggle between a character and an
  outside force
• Man against man
• Man against nature
• Man against society
• Internal struggle within a characters mind

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Plot

• Exposition
• Background of characters and setting
• Rising action
• Develops the conflict
• Climax
• Point of highest interest, conflict, or suspense
• Falling action
• Events following the climax
• Resolution
• Final outcome

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REVIEWCan you define the elements of fiction?

• Setting
• Characters
• Theme
• Point of View
• Conflict
• Plot

A
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Bibliography

• Glencoe Literature The Readers Choice. Glencoe
  McGraw-Hill. New York, New York. 2000.
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