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What is an element?
Element=an essential, or needed, part of something.
All made-up stories have to include these as their ingredients!
Analyze (examine closely) these elements as readers! Imagine and craft these elements as writers!
Remember to think back to your pre-assessment and focus on the elements you missed and need to build your knowledge.
Element=an essential, or needed, part of something.
All made-up stories have to include these as their ingredients!
Analyze (examine closely) these elements as readers! Imagine and craft these elements as writers!
Remember to think back to your pre-assessment and focus on the elements you missed and need to build your knowledge.
5 Elements Of Fiction
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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THE 5 ELEMENTS OF FICTION
SETTING / CHARACTERIZATION / PLOT / CONFLICT / THEME
What is an element?
Element=an essential, or needed, part of something.
All made-up stories have to include these as their ingredients!
Analyze (examine closely) these elements as readers! Imagine and craft these elements as writers!
Remember to think back to your pre-assessment and focus on the elements you missed and need to build your knowledge.
Element=an essential, or needed, part of something.
All made-up stories have to include these as their ingredients!
Analyze (examine closely) these elements as readers! Imagine and craft these elements as writers!
Remember to think back to your pre-assessment and focus on the elements you missed and need to build your knowledge.
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1. SETTING: Where the story takes place
- geographic location
- time period
- social conditions
- specific place
-geographic=location on Earth, or location on a map in story's world
-time period=past, present, future / time of day / day of week or month / month of the year or season / flashbacks or foreshadows
-social conditions (socio-economic conditions)=desciptions of the people in this setting...think I+S (what are their customs, beliefs, values, institutions?)
-specific place=where important action takes place, i.e. Central Park or mom's kitchen
-time period=past, present, future / time of day / day of week or month / month of the year or season / flashbacks or foreshadows
-social conditions (socio-economic conditions)=desciptions of the people in this setting...think I+S (what are their customs, beliefs, values, institutions?)
-specific place=where important action takes place, i.e. Central Park or mom's kitchen
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1. SETTING: Where the story takes place
- Used to create mood for the story (mood=my feelings/vibe reading)
- Used to inform readers about the characters and impact their decisions
- COMPARE the setting images in this and the previous slide
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2. CHARACTERIZATION: Characters' development
- round/dynamic vs. flat/static
- protagonist vs. antagonist
- point of view is who is telling story (1st vs. 2nd vs. 3rd)
- DESCRIBE a Disney character using these terms
-"R"ound=think "R"eal (these main characters are like us--complex and developed)
-"F"lat=think "F"ake (these supporting characters are not like us--undeveloped and one-sided)
-Dynamic=think music, like changes--these characters change.
-"S"tatic=think science, like "S"tays the same--these characters do not change.
-protagonists are not "the good guys"--they are who the story is about, o rmain character (pro=for)
-antagonists are not "the bad guys"--they get it the way of the protagonist (anti=against)
-Point of view=POV (1st=character telling the story, using "I," 2nd=narrator telling the story TO the reader, using"you," 3rd=narrator telling the story, using "they."
-"F"lat=think "F"ake (these supporting characters are not like us--undeveloped and one-sided)
-Dynamic=think music, like changes--these characters change.
-"S"tatic=think science, like "S"tays the same--these characters do not change.
-protagonists are not "the good guys"--they are who the story is about, o rmain character (pro=for)
-antagonists are not "the bad guys"--they get it the way of the protagonist (anti=against)
-Point of view=POV (1st=character telling the story, using "I," 2nd=narrator telling the story TO the reader, using"you," 3rd=narrator telling the story, using "they."
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2. CHARACTERIZATION: How it happens
- The character's thoughts, words, and actions
- The comments of other characters
- The character's physical appearance
- CHARACTERIZE Jack Sparrow
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3. PLOT: The structure of the story
- Exposition (beginning, intro setting and characters)
- Rising action (conflicts begin, create suspense)
- Climax (turning point of story)
- Falling action (conflicts begin to end)
- Resolution (conflicts end)
- APPLY these terms to your favorite story
Plot graph image
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4. CONFLICT: The dramatic struggle between two forces
- Without conflicts, there is no plot!
- They build interest and suspense from the rising action to the climax
- There are different types of struggles in stories
- LIST different types you know
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4. CONFLICT: Types
- character vs. character
- character vs. nature
- character vs. society
- character vs. self
- (character vs. supernatural)
- COMPARE/CONTRAST the conflict images in this and the previous slide
5. THEME: The message from the author
- an idea about life shared with reader
- NEVER one word (formatted as a sentence)
- universal, but can be stated directly or implied
- Is the reason for writing the story!
- EVALUATE a theme you determined in a story from 5th grade
There can, and usually are, more than one theme in a story.
Authors are saying something about a topic like relationships, love, or loss in their stories--expand on the topic by using the stems below:
When we experience, _____, we should _____.
The author believes that ...
Authors are saying something about a topic like relationships, love, or loss in their stories--expand on the topic by using the stems below:
When we experience, _____, we should _____.
The author believes that ...
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SYMBOL: Concrete object=abstract idea
- Symbols are a literary device (not an element) that give readers hints of the theme
- Water=renewal
- Lion=courage
- Red=love
- Journey=life
- EXPLAIN the symbols in the image
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