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 perspective that uses I, me, we

What is First Person

200
Stories that include robots or futuristic elements.
What is science fiction?
200

The purpose of figurative language

What is to entertain,and  add descriptive details?

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 a character has within themselves or with other characters

What is conflict or challenge?

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 creates feelings of fear, dread, and unease

What is horror fiction

400
A story written about a person by some other person.
What is biography
400

What does the word reread mean, how do you know?

What is to read again, I know this because it has the prefix re and re means again?

400
The events that follow the climax.
What is falling action?
500

The Point of View that uses you

What is second 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

What text structure is told in order and often uses dates and times

What is sequence or chorological order?

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