Is it Space or Fantasy?
This genre imagines advanced technology, space travel, or futuristic societies.
SciFi
This planning tool is commonly used to organise the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Story Mountain
A comparison using "like" or "as."
Simile
The person, animal, or being who is the main focus of a story.
Protagonist
The time and place in which a story occurs.
Setting
This genre often includes magic, mythical creatures, and imaginary worlds.
Fantasy
The main problem that drives a story forward.
Conflict
Giving human qualities to non-human objects.
Personification
This character often creates obstacles or conflict for the protagonist.
Antagonist
A speculative fiction story often asks readers to imagine this phrase
What if...
This genre explores frightening events, supernatural creatures, or psychological fear.
horror
The stage of a story where tension reaches its highest point.
Climax
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in nearby words.
Alliteration
Writers reveal this through a character's actions, dialogue, thoughts, and this fourth method.
Personality
This literary element helps communicate a deeper message or idea about life.
Theme
A story set after a major disaster that has changed society is often described by this genre.
Dystopia OR Post-apocalyptic
Writers often use this planning technique to develop a character's appearance, personality, and motivations.
character profile
This language feature creates strong sensory images by appealing to the five senses.
Imagery
This is one of the 4 potential conflicts that the character will face in a story
1. PVPerson
2. PVNature
3. PVSociety
4. PVSelf
The process of building believable details about a fictional world.
World-building
A speculative fiction genre that imagines a perfect society, often used to contrast with dystopian worlds.
Utopian fiction
Before writing, authors often consider audience, purpose, setting, conflict, and this final key element.
Theme
A contrast between expectation and reality that often surprises readers.
Irony
When a writer develops a character's background, motivations, strengths, weaknesses, and relationships, they are engaging in this process.
What is characterisation?
A speculative fiction story should establish consistent rules for magic, technology, or society to maintain this quality.
Internal Consistency