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Fiction Terms

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

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FICTION:

  • Imaginative
  • Unreal
  • Could be based on real events...(REALISTIC fiction.)
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NONFICTION:

  • Real events
  • Opposite of fiction
  • Could/did happen in real life.
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SETTING:

  • Time
  • Mood
  • Place
  • Time+place=mood
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CONFLICT

  • Disaster
  • Fight
  • Problem

CLIMAX

HIGHEST POINT OF ACTION

SYMBOL

  • An object/item used to represent an idea.
  • Usually hidden
  • Usually not too easy to find.
  • (Dove represents love)
  • (Black cat represents bad luck)
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PLOT

THE MAIN PARTS (KEY EVENTS) THAT MAKE UP A STORY.

FORSHADOWING

A KEY/EVENT TO TELL READER WHAT WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE STORY.

THEME

MAIN IDEA

EXPOSITION

  • Sets the stage
  • Characters introduced
  • Setting(s) described
  • Conflict begins
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RESOLUTION

SOLUTION TO THE STORY (LAST PART IN THE STORY STRUCTURE)
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