Elements of Fiction

An example of third person point of view is

• I am not going to the football game.

• She never liked me anyway.

• I said "She is so funny."

• We are not the same.

Theme is

• the big idea of the story, or a message about life

• the problem

• Uses I or we

• conflict

An example of first person point of view is

• He likes pizza.

• You are not funny

• I went for a walk to release some stress.

• She said "I don't like gym class."

The plot is the

• conflict

• events in a story

• theme

• mood

Foreshadowing is

• going back in time in a story

• a hint about what will happen in the future in a story

• conflict

• plot

The parts of plot in the correct order

• resolution, rising action, falling action, resolution, climax

• Exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution

• Climax, resolution, falling action, exposition, rising action

• Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Mood is

• conflict

• a feeling created by the author

• events in a story

• setting

Another word for conflict is

• mood

• events in a story

• theme

• problem

Dialogue is

• a comparison using like or as

• conflict

• When characters are speaking

• same as dialect

Second person point of view uses the words

• You

• I

• They

• She