Element of Fiction

Genre

• a longer work of fictional prose.

• a type of literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices to get the point of their subject across.

• how literature is categorized based on literary conventions.

• - a type of literature written about someone by another person.

Autobiography

• a type of literature written by someone about his or her own life.

• a type of literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices to get the point of their subject across.

• how literature is categorized based on literary conventions.

• a type of literature written about someone by another person.

Biography

• a type of literature written by someone about his or her own life.

• a type of literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices to get the point of their subject across.

• how literature is categorized based on literary conventions.

• a type of literature written about someone by another person.

Short Story

• a longer work of fictional prose.

• a type of literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices to get the point of their subject across.

• a type of fictional narrative story usually written in prose; often shorter in length and focuses on one event, character, or incident.

• a type of literature written about someone by another person.

Novel

• a longer work of fictional prose.

• a type of literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices to get the point of their subject across.

• a type of fictional narrative story usually written in prose; often shorter in length and focuses on one event, character, or incident.

• a type of literature written about someone by another person.

Author

• this is where a story takes place in time and location; when

  where it happens

• the person who wrote the story, the writer.

• the persons and/or animals in the lecture.

• this how the story is told by the narrator or author; either first, second, or third person

Point of View

• this is where a story takes place in time and location; when

  where it happens

• the person who wrote the story, the writer.

• the persons and/or animals in the lecture.

• this how the story is told by the narrator or author; either first, second, or third person

Character

• this is where a story takes place in time and location; when

  where it happens

• the person who wrote the story, the writer.

• the persons and/or animals in the lecture.

• this how the story is told by the narrator or author; either first, second, or third person

Setting

• this is where a story takes place in time and location; when

  where it happens

• the person who wrote the story, the writer.

• the persons and/or animals in the lecture.

• this how the story is told by the narrator or author; either first, second, or third person

Plot

• these are the events in the story from the beginning until the end.

• a very exciting section of the story where the main conflict is resolved.

• this important part of a story often prevents the characters from achieving their goals but allows them to grow from the experiences and then continue onward in their journey.

• this is how the story ends and happens after the climax. Theme - is the central idea of the story, which is often abstract (greed, love, coming of age)