Element of Fiction

Plot

Sequence of events (what happens in a story)

Introduction

Beginning part of a story where it introduces things.

Inciting Incident

Event that triggers the next/event that starts the rising action.

Rising action

Sequences of event in a story where it leads to the climax/obstacles for the protagonist that creates a conflict.

Climax

Most intense part of the story(whether succeeding or failing)

Falling action

When things begin to settle and conflict is resolved

Conclusion

Ending

Perspective/pov

Define a persons pov

1st person pov

Narrator’s telling a story about itself(I, we, us, my)

3rd person pov

Narrator telling story about other people(he, she, him, they)

3rd person Limited

Only one seeing what 1 person’s thinking/feeling

3rd person Omniscient

Narrator’s all knowing & gets to see what most characters in the story’s thinking/feeling

3rd person Objective

Narrator can only tell you what could be seen or heard, they can’t know about other characters thoughts or feelings/narrator’s like a camera, only a observer and reporting events, without access or revealing any character’s inner thoughts or feelings.

Atmosphere/mood/tone

Mood or emotional tones(general atmosphere) created by the author’s words(setting, sound, description, etc)

Character

Defined as a person or people in a story(protagonist, antagonist, stock character)

Conflict

The problems to be solved in a story(person vs person, person vs self, person vs nature, person vs society)

Theme

The author’s lesson they’re trying to teach you/moral of the story

Setting

Time and place in a story

Symbolism

Object that represents something like ideas and/or emotions (symbols can take on many forms-things, people, places: nouns)