ELEMENTS OF FICTION

PLOT

• The series of events that take place in a story.
• Often involves a conflict or struggle that must be resolved.

EXPOSITION

• The background material about the characters, setting, and general conflict
• The introduction of the story

SETTING

• The environment in which the story takes place

RISING ACTION

• The part of the story, including the exposition, in which the tension rises
• This build to the climax

CLIMAX

• When the action comes to it's highest point
• Most dramatic or suspenseful part of the story

DÉNOUEMENT

• Follows the climax
• Sharp decline in the dramatic tension
• The final unraveling of a a plot ora complicated situation.

FORESHADOWING

• A technique that gives the reader clues about the events that will happen later in the story

SYMBOL

• An image, object, character, or action that stands for an idea beyond the literal meaning
• It represents something else

CHARACTERS

• The people, animals, or creatures who take aprt in the action of the story

DIALOUGE

• The actual words