Elements of Fiction

It is the element that shapes how the events are told in a sequence or a pattern.

• episodes

• plot

• theme

• symbol

A type of plot wherein events are chronologically sequenced(beginning, middle and end).

• climax

• dramatic

• classic plot

• conflict

A plot that begins in the middle of the story's action.

• in media res

• episodes

• resolution

• rising action

A plot device that is used when what is happening in the present is explained by recalling an event in the past.

• foreshadowing

• exposition

• falling action

• flashback

A plot device that is used when a hint is provided about what will happen later in the narrative.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• replay

• in media res

The part of the plot where the initial state of things is being described.

• denouement

• exposition

• resolution

• rising action

It disturbs the initial state of things in the plot.

• climax

• tone

• drama

• conflict

These events comprise the increase of intensity and subsequent complication of the plot.

• episodes

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

The turning point of the plot, the point of its highest intensity. This is where a kind of decisive crisis is reached, changes the course of events and determines the ending.

• episodic

• tragic fall

• exposition

• climax

This refers to the unraveling of consequences of the major decision made at the turning point of the plot. Sometimes, a new state of things is created, a return to equilibrium as ending.

• falling action

• tragic fall

• resolution

• exposition