The Five Elements

of
Fiction
 Characters
The actors in the story, they
can be people, animals or
even objects like pencils or
robots.
 Setting

The time, place and location that a

story take place.
 Point of View
The perspective in which a story is told.
Most of the time it will be one of the following
two choice:

First Person- the narrator is part of the story

Third Person- the narrator is outside looking in
 Theme
The hardest of the five elements to grasp.
Theme is the main message that The Reader
takes away from the story.
It can be different to every reader because theme
is IMPLIED!!!!
It is a little bit like the moral at the end of a
fable.
 Plot
• Plot is the series of events in a story and can be
broken down into five parts:
-Expostion
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
Plot is always centered around at least one
conflict.
 Plot
• Exposition- Necessary background
information about the characters
• Rising Action- Events that lead up to the
climax
• Climax- The highest point of action in the
story. Usually has the conflict at it’s peak.
• Falling Action- Events that lead from the
conflict to it’s resolution
• Resolution- The solving of a conflict