Elements of Fiction

The series of events that make up your story.

• Elements

• Plot

• Characters

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.3A

CCSS.W.9-10.3C

This is the book’s introduction, where they introduce the characters, establish the setting, and begin to introduce the primary conflict of the story.

• Resolution

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Exposition

The _____________ normally begins with an inciting incident, or a moment that sets your story into action.

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Climax

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.W.9-10.3

This is the most exciting part of the story. It is the peak of tension, plot, and character in the story.

• Conclusion

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

_________ in fiction can be major or minor, static or dynamic.

• Plot

• Resolutions

• Characters

• Settings

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The main character or hero of the story.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Villain

• Characterization

The principal opponent or foil of the main character. This character is usually considered the villain.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Exposition

• Static Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

___________ characters exhibit some kind of change – of attitude, purpose, behavior, as the story progresses.

• Static

• Dynamic

• Minor

• Major

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The struggle between opposing forces that is usually resolved by the end of the story.

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

• Conflict

The physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs. The major elements are the time, the place, and the social environment that frames the characters.

• Setting

• Plot

• Characters

• Point of View