Realistic Fiction and Characterization

Some elements of realistic fiction include:

• The setting could be unreal and made up

• Characters act like real people

• The plots would NEVER actually happen

• Animals talk

What type of text structure does realistic fiction have?

• Processes

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

• Chronological order

Realistic fiction shows how people grow and learn, make decisions, and solve problems.

• True

• I don't know

• False

• I am unsure

What makes the main character of a story realistic?

• The character lives in an unreal place.

• The character changes like real people do.

• The character is from another world or planet.

Which is an internal conflict?

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

Refers to the perspective the story is told from. This element includes first-person, third-person, and third-person omniscient narrators.

Characterization is ...

• The process by which a writer creates a character

• The process by which a character develops growth

• How characters relate to one another

• A list of stock characters found in medieval narratives

Tells the story from an outside perspective from the perspective of one of the characters (usually the protagonist).

• First-person narrator

• Third-person limited narrator

• Third-person omniscient narrator

• Second Person Narrator

The main idea or underlying meaning in a narrative is known as a _____

This narrative element employs I or we: “When I heard her name, I felt a strange sensation in my stomach.”

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• Personal Style