Show What You Know: Elements of Fiction

This is the term used to talk about the struggle between opposing forces

• Plot

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Setting

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is the term used to describe the series of events that happen in a story

• Plot

• Characterization

• Conflict

• Setting

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

In this point of view, the narrator is a character in a story and tells about his/her own experience. The pronouns "I", "me", "my", "we", etc will be used by the narrator to talk about his/her experiences

• 1st person point of view

• 2nd person point of view

• 3rd person OMNISCIENT point of view

• 3rd person LIMITED point of view

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In this part of the plot, the events in the story are getting more complicated and the suspense is building

• Exposition

• Initiating Event

• Rising Action

• Climax

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In this type of conflict, a character deals with troubles occurring within him/herself

• Typical Conflict

• Turning Point

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This character acts as the central focus of a story

• Main Character

• Minor Character

• Capital Character

• Minimal Character

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This type of EXTERNAL conflict involves a character struggling against another character

• Individual vs. Nature

• Individual vs. Society

• Individual vs. Individual

• Individual vs. Supernatural

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In this point of view in a story, the narrator is NOT a character in the story, but he/she can tell about what ALL characters are thinking/feeling/doing.

• 1st Person Point of View

• 2nd Person Point of View

• 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View

• 3rd Person Limited Point of View

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

This part of the plot diagram acts as the START of the story where readers learn about the characters, setting, and basic situation

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Initiating Event

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This type of character is NOT the focus of the story, but these individuals help move the plot along.

• Capital Character

• Main Character

• Minor Character

• Minimal Character

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3