Elements of a Fictional Story Flashcards
These are the people who or animals that make things happen in fiction
Characters
A character drawn with only surface facts and details
Flat character
A fully developed character as opposed to a flat character
Rounded character
presents the time, place, weather, and season. It helps create mood or the general feeling of the story.
Setting
What are the 3 elements/aspects of the setting of a story?
Time and place
Sociological, cultural, political, religious
Sensibilities that lead to specific modes
is the sequence of interrelated actions or events that make up a story
Plot
What are the contents of the plot?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
the introduction of the problem/conflict
Exposition
What are the 3 types of conflict?
Man vs Man
Man vs Nature
Man vs Himself
struggles of the character against another character, a group, or society’s rules
Man vs Man
struggles of the character against a force of nature
Man vs Nature
struggle of the character with personal feelings, values, or needs
Man vs Himself
the tension or uncertainty developing out of the conflict increases
Rising Action
the point of highest emotional intensity
Climax
the action which follows the climax
Falling action
the solving of the problem
Resolution
the eyes and mind through which the reader views the unfolding of the events
Point of View
can make the story personal; it can build a strong response to a character, but the reader can only tell what the character sees, hears, knows and believes
First person POV
focuses on one character’s perspective. In fact, the narrator can enter the character’s mind
second person POV
most flexible outside narration. It gives a wider view of the story.
Third person POV
is the central idea or meaning of a story
Theme
underlying message of a story. It is a lesson that teaches you how to behave in the world.
Moral
the backbone of the story. It is the basic idea of the story. It is traditionally described as a relationship between two key ideas linked by an active verb.
Dramatic Premise
What are the 3 elements of theme?
Moral, Dramatic Premise, Insight
