1. Elements of Fiction

2. Fiction Story created from the author’s imagination Tells about character and events

4. Plot Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story.

5. Exposition Presents background information Introduces –Character(s) / Point of View –Setting –Conflict

6. SETTING The time and place in which the events of the story take place.

7. people, animals, or things that play an active role in a story

8. Protagonist Main character Involved in the main conflict

9. Antagonist Opposes the protagonist

10. Point of view The view from which the story is told to the reader First person – in the story Third person – outside of the story –Limited – focuses on the main character –Omniscient – narrator can take the reader into the minds of any of the characters

11. Types of Conflict External Character vs. Character (Protagonist vs. Antagonist) Character vs. Society Character vs. Nature Character vs. Fate Internal Character vs. Self

12. Rising Action Events leading up to the climax Developing conflict

13. Climax Climax: –Turning point of story –Protagonist faces conflict –Protagonist will change in some way.

14. Falling Action Tension from the conflict decreases Story moves toward the conclusion / resolution

15. Resolution How the story ends How does the protagonist resolve the conflict?

16. Exposition Rising Action Falling Action Climax Resolution Characters Setting Theme Conflict

17. THEME Central idea, message, or even moral found in a story Written in a complete sentence DO NOT USE “The theme is…”