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Elements of Fiction
What is fiction?
What types of fiction are out there?
• Realistic• Science Fiction• Historical Fiction• Romance• Comedy• Fantasy
• Which one is your favorite to read?
What are the elements of fiction?
• Setting• Character• Plot• Conflict• Theme
Setting
• When and where the story takes place.
Character
• Two types of characters:– Protagonist : The main character– Antagonist: The character that works
against the protagonist
Is the protagonist always a good person?
Take a Note
• Think of your favorite character in a book or movie…….
• How does the author reveal what type of person this character is? Jot it down……
Character Development
• An author can develop a character through:– Dialogue– Description – Point of View– Actions– Body Language
Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the a causal arrangement of events and actions within a story.
Plot
Organization of PlotPlots can be told in
Chronological order
Flashback
In media res (in the middle of things) when the story starts in the middle of the action without exposition
Aristotle’s Unified Plot
The basic triangle-shaped plot structure was described by Aristotle in 350 BCE. Aristotle used the beginning, middle, and end structure to describe a story that moved along a linear path, following a chain of cause and effect as it works toward the solution of a conflict or crisis.
Freytag’s Plot Structure
Freytag modified Aristotle’s system by adding a rising action (or complication) and a falling action to the structure. Freytag used the five-part design shown above to describe a story’s plot.
Modified Plot Structure
Freytag’s Pyramid is often modified so that it extends slightly before and after the primary rising and falling action. You might think of this part of the chart as similar to the warm-up and cool-down for the story.
Plot Components
Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts
Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax
Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action
Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax
Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads
Conflict Conflict is the dramatic struggle
between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.
Types of Conflict
Human vs Nature
Human vs Society
Human vs SelfInternal Conflict
Human vs HumanInterpersonal Conflict
Theme
• AKA: Moral• The lesson the characters and
readers learn from the story.• To discover the theme think about
what the character has learned through his/her conflict.
• PS. There can be more than one!
Point of View
• The perspective of the narrator of the story.
• Types: 1st person: I, me
2nd person: you 3rd person omniscient: all knowing
narrator 3rd person limited: facts and events are
reported from a single character
Mood vs. Tone
• Tone: what the author feels towards the subject
• Mood: what the reader feels
Tone Words
• formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, guilty, condescending
• List 5 more possible tone words:• __________, __________, _________,
___________,• _________