ELEMENTS OF FICTION

Claire Singson
 • Point of view:
a. First Person: internal perspective of one of
the characters, identified by the use of “I”.
POV and b. 3rd Person Omniscient: narrator is outside
of the action of the story, knows what the
Voice in characters think and feel and why they behave
the way they do.
Literature
c. 3rd Person Limited: only with regards to a
single character, can enter the heart and mind
of this character, but cannot tell us what the
other characters are thinking and feeling.
 • The voice expresses the narrator or author’s
emotion, attitude, tone, and point of view
Voice in through artful, well thought out use of word
choice and diction. A piece of literature’s
Literature voice is one of its most defining features and
can completely change the way a story is
read and perceived.
 • Characterization is the process by which the
Characterization writer reveals the personality of a character.
 • The theme is the underlying idea an author
is trying to convey to an audience. A story
Theme without major ideas for the character and
reader to experience, think through, and
learn from is not a story at all.
 • Symbolism means to imbue objects with a
Symbolism certain meaning that is different from their
original meaning or function.