Elements of Fiction
Plot Diagram
Vocabulary
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People, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.
 What are the characters of a story?
100
Part where the story that suspense is building.
What is the rising action?
100

The character that is against (or opposes) the protagonist.

What is the antagonist?
100
The character is telling the story. Pronouns you will see are "I, Me, Us, We".
What is first person point of view?
200
When the author will sometimes describe a characters thoughts, feelings, and actions
What is Direct Characterization?
200
The turning point when the action reaches a peak and the outcome of the conflict is decided.
What is the climax?
200
The problem in the story.
What is a conflict?
200
The narrator is telling the story. You will see"they, he, she, him, her, them" as pronouns.
What is 3rd person point of view?
300
It is the time and place at which the events of the story happen.
What is the setting?
300
Sets the stage for the story. Characters are introduced, the setting is described , and the conflict begins to unfold.
What is the exposition?
300
The main character in a work of literature. The hero.
What is the protagonist?
300
Very rare. The narrator is often speaking to himself/herself.
What is 2nd person Point of View?
400
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
400
the events that follow the climax and bring us to the resolution. The outcome of the sequence of events.
What is falling action?
400
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is the point of view?
400
Characters that do not have a large part in the action of the story.
What are minor characters?
500
The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is the theme?
500
The story comes to a reasonable ending.
What is the resolution?
500
The character that is against (or opposes) the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
500
A story that comes from the author's imagination.
What is fiction?
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