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Elements Of Fiction

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FICTION

WRITING THAT COMES FROM THE IMAGINATION AND IS NOT REAL.
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SHORT STORY

USUALLY GOES AROUND ONE IDEA. CAN BE READ IN SHORT TIME.

NOVEL

LONGER AND HARDER USUALLY INVOLVING MULTIPLE STORY LINES.

CHARACTERS

THE PEOPLE IN A STORY
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CHARACTERIZATION

THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, ACTIONS, WHAT HE/SHE SAYS OR THINKS, AND WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HIM/HER.

SETTING

THE TIME, PLACE, AND MOOD OF A STORY.
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PLOT

THE CHAIN OF EVENTS OR WHAT HAPPENS IN A STORY.
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EXPOSITION

SETS THE STAGE, CHARACTERS INTRODUCED, SETTING IS DESCRIBED AND, CONFLICT BEGINS

COMPLICATION

PLOT GETS MORE COMPLEX, CHARACTERS STRUGGLE FOR ANSWERS TO CONFLICT, SUSPENSE BUILDS.
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RISING ACTION

PROTAGONIST CONTINUES, EVENTS LEAD TO CONFLICT.
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CLIMAX

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IN A BOOK.
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FALLING ACTION

EVENTS FOLLOWING CLIMAX, EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO NORMAL.

RESOLUTION

STORY ENDS, ALL BACK TO NORMAL.
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FORESHADOWING

HINTS TO FUTURE EVENTS.
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CONFLICT

YOU VS. OTHERS OR, YOU VS. YOU
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SYMBOL

AN OBJECT OR SYMBOL USED TO REPRESENT AN IDEA.

THEME

WHAT THE STORY IS ABOUT.