Elements of Fiction

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Exposition is the...

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Beginning of the story line where the world is built and the characters and setting are introduced.

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Rising Action is...

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Where the story starts to get interesting and many of the main events happen.

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Climax

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The turning point of the story that the rising action has been building to.

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Falling Action

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The events that take place after the climax.

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Resolution

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The end of the story where we find out what happened to the characters when the conflict is resolved.

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The Antagonist is...

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The “villain” or “bad guy” of the story.

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The protagonist is...

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The main character or “good guy” of the story.

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Theme

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The moral or lesson learned from the story.

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Conflict in a story

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The ongoing issue that the main character is dealing with.

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A well developed, complex character is: round, flat, static, dynamic

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round