Elements of Fiction

Where the reader learns the setting... 

• exposition
• beginning
• climax
• rising action

When and where a story takes place is the ______ of a story.

• Characters
• Point of View
• Setting
• Climax

The resolution is where the story ______________.

• tells how the problem was solved
• introduces characters and setting
• has an event that starts the story
• shows when and where the story takes place

_________ is another name for the problem .

• Point of View
• Conflict
• Plot
• Setting

The perspective from which a story is told is called the __________. Usually it is in 1st or 3rd person.

• Conflict
• Plot
• Point of View
• Setting

Plot

• The lesson learned
• The events in a story
• Support the main idea
• A problem the character has

What is the setting?

• Where and when the story takes place
• The main character's home
• Where the author wrote the story
• A place to sit

What is conflict?

• The turning point of the story.

• The problem the main character faces
• A character in the story.

• The central message of the story

Author's purpose is...

• what the selection is mostly about.

• the reason someone writes and uses specific words.

• to put the events in order from beginning to end.

• when and where the story takes place.

What happens in the rising action?

• It is the turning point, high point, or main event in a story.
• The result of the climax and the events leading t the conclusion/resolution
• The event that starts the story.
• The events that lead up to the climax.