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Title: Elements of Fiction


1
Elements of Fiction
  • Focus Questions for
  • Stand and Deliver

2
Elements of Fiction
  • Plot The Storyline
  • Theme Main idea or moral of story
  • Setting Where, when, why (context)
  • Characterization Protagonist Main Character
  • Antagonist Causes conflict for
    the protagonist
  • Narration Point of view 1st Person or
    3rd Person

3
Focus Questions
  • Who is the protagonist in the story?
  • What is the main conflict of the story?
  • What are a few of the major themes?
  • What is type of conflict is the main conflict?
  • Character v. Character
  • Character v. society
  • Character v. nature
  • Character v. self

4
Foreshadowing
  • Foreshadowing occurs when something occurs within
    the plot that predicts future events.
  • Focus Question
  • What key events are foreshadowed in the story as
    it relates to Jaime Escalantes life?

5
Irony
6
Types of Irony
  • Irony is when one outcome is expected, but the
    opposite occurs, usually with a coincidental
    twist of events.
  • Example An earthquake occurring during an
    earthquake drill

7
IronyFocus Question
  • What events occur that are ironic for the
    characters involved?

8
  • Verbal Irony Where one thing is said, but
    another, opposite meaning is inferred.
  • Example Hannibal the cannibal said, Id love
    to have you over for dinner.
  • Dramatic Irony occurs when the audience knows
    something a character does not and the outcome or
    meaning is the opposite of what the character
    expects.

9
Dramatic Structure
  • What event sent the story in a totally different
    direction?
  • How was the main conflict resolved and who was
    involved in it?
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