2. ELEMENTS OF FICTION

3. Plot Setting Character Conflict Point of View Symbol ELEMENTS OF FICTION

4. Plot

5. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Setting

6. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Setting Physical

7. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Setting Physical Chronological

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

9. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Conflict

10. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Conflict Internal External

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

12. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Point of View First Person Protagonist Observer

13. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Point of View Third Person Omniscient Dramatic

14. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Symbol Something which means something else

15. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Symbol Something like

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

17. 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.”

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