Elements Of Fiction Flashcards
(24 cards)
Character has an emotional struggle in their mind
Internal conflict
Series of events in a literacy work
Plot
Does NOT change
Static character
Main character/ good guy
Protagonist
The “bad guy”
Antagonist
Changes
Dynamic character
Story told by a character
1st person
Reader knows thoughts of all characters
3rd person omniscient
Between character and outside force
External conflict
How the writer makes the character seem real
Characterization
Character knows thoughts of 1-2 characters
3rd person limited
Central message not stated
Implied theme
Seems real, changes
Round character
2 dimensional
Flat character
Who the story is told by
Point of view
When & where a story takes place
Setting
Struggle between forces or people
Conflict
Central ideas of literary work
Topic
Stories that are not true
Fiction
The beginning of the story
Exposition
- when most of the events take place
- character and conflict is developed
- leads to the climax
Rising action
- Turning point of the story
- The high point of action
- Moment of greatest tension
Climax
- After climax
- The story begins to “ wrap up “
Falling action
- The end of the story
- The conflict of the story has been resolved
Resolution