Elements of Fiction
The time and place of a story
What is setting?
A character is telling the story through their eyes
What is 1st person point of view?
What is the inciting event?
The main character
Who is the protagonist?
Who is the protagonist?
The people, animals, or other figures that have an effect on the story
What are characters?
An outside narrator is telling the story
What is 3rd person point of view?
When the conflict ends and the loose-ends are being tied up
What is the falling action?
Conflict between a character and an outside source
What is external conflict?
This character is not always the "bad guy"
Who is the antagonist?
What happens and how it happens in a story
What is plot?
We can see the thoughts, feelings or emotions of one character
What is 3rd person limited?
The author introduces the characters and setting
What is the exposition?
Conflict that takes place in a character's own mind
Person v nature, person v society, person v person
What are the types of external conflict?
What is conflict?
We can see the thoughts, feelings or emotions of more than one character
What is 3rd person omniscient?
The highest point of action or conflict in a story
What is the climax?
The person who opposes the main character
Who is the antagonist?
Uses words like I, me, we, and us
What is 1st person point of view?
The lesson or moral that the author is trying to teach the reader
What is theme?
We know the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of no characters
What is 3rd person objective or camera?
What is the resolution?
When an author hints at the time and places of the story
What is implicit setting description?
When the author directly tells the reader the time and place that the story takes place
What is explicit setting description?