Elements of Fiction

The person who tells the story (sometimes can be the main character) is known as _________________________.

• Secondary Characters 
• Characters  
• Protagonist
• Narrator 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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

• Characters
• Point of View
• Setting
• Climax

Theme is __________.

• The life lessons or message taught by the story. 
• When something happens that is unexpected.
• When an image, object, or person is used to represent a deeper emotion or feeling.
• Hints/clues that the author gives about events to come.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Plot is _________________. 

• The time and place in which the story happens.
• how the problem is solved by the end of the story. 
• What happens in the story. Also known as the events of the story. 
• when the character figures out how to solve the conflict. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The people (or animals, things, etc. presented as people) in a literary work:

• setting
• characters
• plot
• theme 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is conflict?

• Fighting
• The problem the main character faces
• Feeling sick
• The central message of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Characters are______________________.

• Other important characters who directly affect the main character. 
• People who make you laugh because they are always doing crazy things. 
• Animals that tell the story. 
• The people in the story. 

The protagonist is______________________. 

• The life lesson or message taught 
• Someone in the story who is a pro at sports 
• A character that likes to solve problems 
• The main character, also the most important person, who often faces the a problem. 

Ms. Onstad is reading a story in which the characters live in England that would be an example of which of the Elements of Fiction 

• Setting
• Narrator
• Conflict 
• Plot