Elements of Fiction

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Elements of Fiction

• Hayes Middle School
• 6th Grade

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Setting

• Time
• Place
• General Environment

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Setting

• Setting is the time, place, and general
  environment in which a story occurs.

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Setting

• The author describes in detail what this place
  looks like, and uses as many of the five senses
  as possible to make readers feel that they are
  there.

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Characters

• People
• Animals
• Creatures

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Main Characters

• Main Characters play the most important parts in
  the story. The author always describes the
  physical appearance, personality and tells how
  the character feels.

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Supporting Characters

• Supporting characters are part of the story, but
  usually do not play an important roll.

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Plot

• Sequence of Events
• in the story from beginning to end..

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Conflict

• Struggles or Problems involving the main
  characters throughout the story.

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Climax

• Turning point in a story. This is usually the
  one moment or event that the reader has been
  waiting for. The most exciting part of the story
  ! ! !

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Denouement

• Final outcome of the plot. This is the ending of
  the story.

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Theme

• Authors comment on life.
• This is the moral of the story or the lesson the
  author want the reader to learn.

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Mood

• Feelings or atmosphere created by the story. How
  the story makes you feel.