Elements of Fiction

The author or speaker’s feelings toward the characters or subject matter.

• Tone

• Mood

• Point of View

• Conflict

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The feeling the reader gets when reading a particular section of a story.

• Tone

• Mood

• Connotation

• Denotation

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The universal statement about life the author is trying to make.

• Message

• Denotation

• Theme

• Diction

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When one thing stands for another.

• Symbolism

• Connotation

• Deeper meaning

• Theme

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The time and place of the story.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Setting

• Resolution

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The perspective from which the story is told.

• Point of View

• Narration

• Perspective

• Diction

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All of the events that take place in a story.

• Plot

• Drama

• Action

• Climax

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The problem facing the characters/driving the plot events.

• Drama

• Conflict

• Theme

• Climax

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The dictionary definition of a word; the literal meaning of a word

• Meaning

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Diction

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An idea, feeling, or mood that a word creates

• Connotation

• Mood

• Tone

• Denotation

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