Elements of Fiction 1
a person in a novel, play, or movie.
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
falling action
the narrator (the voice that is telling the story) is a character who is part of the action and uses the first-person pronouns I, me, and my. The reader sees everything through this character's eyes.
first person
is a book category defined by style, content, and form.
Genre
A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character
internal conflict
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
resolution
The place and time a story takes place make up the
setting
She went to her best friend's house to study. When she got there, she started to wonder how big her best friend's dog Jasper had gotten. They went outside and rode their bikes for 20 minutes, went back to the house to study, ate dinner, and then she went back home.
third omniscient
What genre might feature aliens as characters?
Science fiction or sci-fi
A struggle between a character and an outside force
external conflict
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
Climax
The Introductory information or background information is found in the
exposition
3rd person limited
the narrator relates some thoughts and feelings of only one character - but that character is not actually telling the story
....is the story of a person's life written by that person.
character vs technological advances
man vs technology
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Tone
the main character in the story
protagonist
When the narrator is not in the story
3rd person
Which genre uses imaginative plots and characters to explain how the world began and why nature and people behave the way they do?
Myth
character vs him or her own emotions or thoughts
man vs self
The lesson learned from the story
theme
antagonist
Reporters usually use the.....
2nd person
These stories usually have a moral that is being taught. They often use animals that speak and act like humans.
Fable
character vs group of people
man vs society