ELEMENTS OF FICTION
The people or animals in a story.
Who are characters?
The beginning of the story where characters, conflict and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
Point of view that uses “I” or “me.”
What is first-person point of view?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word (like in, on, under).
What is a preposition?
The time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
The series of events that build suspense in a story.
What is rising action?
Point of view that uses “he,” “she,” or “they.”
What is third-person point of view?
A word that shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses (like and, but, because).
What is a conjunction?
The main problem in a story.
What is the conflict?
The turning point or most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
The lesson or message of a story.
What is the theme?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A word that shows strong feeling or emotion.
What is an interjection?
The character who faces the main conflict.
Who is the protagonist?
When the conflict is solved.
What is the resolution?
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third-person omniscient point of view?
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
A word that comes before a noun to show ownership or limit it
What is an article
The character who works against the protagonist.
What is the Antagonist?
A struggle between a character and nature, society, or another character.
What is external conflict?
Third person limited: We know the thoughts and feelings of only one character
Third person omniscient: We know the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
This part of speech often ends in -ly and tells how, when, where, or how much.
What is an adverb?