Fiction Notes (Literary Elements)

Otherwise known as P.I.E. (Persuade, Inform, or Entertain)

• Resolution

• Antagonist

• Author’s Purpose

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

First phase of plot (where the setting and characters are introduced)

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How the story MAKES you feel

• Conflict

• Theme

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This is the “good guy” in the story (usually it’s the main character).

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Hero

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

From whose perspective the story is told (1st person, 3rd person limited, or 3rd person omniscient)

• Tone

• Setting

• Characterization

• POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This is the moral or lesson the author is trying to teach you.

• Resolution

• Theme

• Conflict

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This is the fourth phase of a plot, and it’s what happens immediately after the climax.

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The problem the protagonist has to overcome (the four types include man vs man, man vs self, man vs society, or man vs nature)

• Conflict

• Climax

• Resolution

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This is how the author creates and develops a character.

• Conflict

• Characterization

• POV

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This is the bad guy in your story (the one fighting against your protagonist).

• Antagonist

• Tone

• Protagonist

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3