ELEMENTS OF FICTION

Plot Setting Character Conflict Point of View Symbol ELEMENTS OF FICTION

Plot

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Setting

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Setting Physical

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Setting Physical Chronological

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Character The personality traits of the main character or characters

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Conflict

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Conflict Internal External

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Point of View Not the main idea but “How” the story is told

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Point of View First Person Protagonist Observer

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Point of View Third Person Omniscient Dramatic

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Symbol Something which means something else

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Symbol Something like

These elements of fiction are utilized to produce a Theme The main idea, the “topic sentence”

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Theme One word may be a topic but CANNOT be a theme So, don’t write, “The story’s theme is love.”

ELEMENTS OF FICTION Theme Make a statement about a topic!! “ The story stresses that love is the most important thing in the world!!”