The Five Elements of Fiction

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The Five Elements of Fiction

Characters The actors in the story, they can be people, animals or even objects like pencils or robots.

Setting The time, place and location that a story take place.

Point of View The perspective in which a story is told. Most of the time it will be one of the following two choice: First Person- the narrator is part of the story Third Person- the narrator is outside looking in

Theme The hardest of the five elements to grasp. Theme is the main message that The Reader takes away from the story. It can be different to every reader because theme is IMPLIED!!!! It is a little bit like the moral at the end of a fable.

Plot Plot is the series of events in a story and can be broken down into five parts: -Expostion - Rising Action - Climax - Falling Action - Resolution Plot is always centered around at least one conflict.

Plot Exposition- Necessary background information about the characters Rising Action- Events that lead up to the climax Climax- The highest point of action in the story. Usually has the conflict at it’s peak. Falling Action- Events that lead from the conflict to it’s resolution Resolution- The solving of a conflict