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Element of Fiction Notes:
Characters:
Those who tell the story(Narrator) or participate in the story(Antagonist or Protagonist)
Protagonist:
The central character (person, animal, or personified object) in the plot'sconflict.
Antagonist:
The force in conflict with the protagonist
. It may be society, nature, or fate,as well as another person. It can also be the protagonist's own self, if he or she has an internal conflict.
Setting:
Setting includes the place and the time period in which the story takes place.
Plot:
Plot is the sequence of events which involves the characters in conflict.
Conflict:
Conflict is the struggle between the protagonist and an opposing force.There are several types of conflict:
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Internal conflict, or person-against-self, occurs when the protagoniststruggles within himself or herself.
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Interpersonal conflict, or person-against-person, pits the protagonistagainst someone else.
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Conflict of person-against-society happens when the protagonist is inconflict with the values of his or her society.
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Conflict of person-against-nature takes place when the protagonist isthreatened by an element of nature.
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Conflict of person-against-fate occurs when the protagonist mustcontend against a fact or life or death over which people have littlecontrol, such as death or disability.
Complication:
These are incidents which either help or hinder the protagonist in finding asolution. This is the rising action.
Resolution:
Resolution describes how the conflict was solved and gives the finalsituation.
Point of View:
Point of view depends upon who the narrator is and how much he or sheknows. Point of view may be:
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First person - uses "I" - A character is telling the story.
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Second person - uses "you" - The author speaks directly to the reader.Second person is seldom used; it is found most often in nonfictiontoday.
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Third person - uses "he," "she," or "it" - The author is telling about thecharacters. There are three third person points of view:
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Limited omniscient - We are told the thoughts and feelings of onlyone character (sometimes, but very seldom, of two or threecharacters).
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Omniscient - We are told everything about the story, including thethoughts and feelings of all the characters, and even information in theauthor's mind which no character knows.
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Dramatic or objective - We are told only what happens and what issaid; we do not know any thoughts or feelings of the characters. It iscalled "dramatic" because it includes the words and actions, just whatyou would see and hear if it were in a play or film.
Subject:
Subject gives a straight forward look at what the book is about. The time period, genre(type) of writing, region, and plot information may be included.
Theme:
Theme is the underlying meaning of the story, a universal truth, a significantstatement the story is making about society, human nature, or the humancondition.
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