STORY ELEMENTS
TYPES OF FICTION
TYPES OF NON FICTION
RANDOM FICTION & NON FICTION
PLOT
100
The time and/or place where the story happens.
What is setting?
100

Type of fiction the story or plot could be real; however, characters are made up.

What is realistic fiction?

100
The overall feeling that the work evokes in the reader.
What is mood?
100
Making informed guesses about what will happen next based on story details and your own experience.
What is making predictions?
100
The basic information about the characters and the situation.
What is exposition?
200
The sequence of events that takes you through a story.
What is plot?
200
Stories that include robots or futuristic elements.
What is science fiction?
200
Every feature of a writer’s use of language, such as rhythm, language, and methods organization.
What is author's style?
200

The lesson or moral of a story.

What is the theme?

200
The events in the story that increase the tension that readers feel.
What is rising action?
300
The people or animals that take part in the story’s action.
What are characters?
300

Neither fiction nor nonfiction. Has it's own characteristics.

What is poetry?

300
A story written by a person about themselves.
What is autobiography?
300
A struggle between competing feelings, beliefs, needs, or desires within a single character.
What is interal conflict?
300
The high point of the story, usually the point at which the eventual outcome is revealed.
What is climax?
400
A message about life that a story conveys to its reader.
What is theme?
400
Literature that draws, in part, on real people and events to tell invented stories.
What is historical fiction
400
A story written about a person by some other person.
What is biography
400

How an author feels about their own work. The words and writing can make it different for each reader.

What is author's tone?

400
The events that follow the climax.
What is falling action?
500
The perspective of a character in the story
What is first person?
500

Works of fiction that are set in the past; however, setting could be real, but characters are made up

What is historical fiction?

500
The acronym given to remember author's purpose.
What is P.I.E.?
500

A reading strategy in which you don't read the entire text, but glance over to locate specific information or proof.

What is skimming?

500
The final outcome of a story.
What is resolution?
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