Match the ten Elements of Fiction to their definitions:

1. Setting 2. Characterization 3. Protagonist 4. Antagonist 5. Plot 6. Conflict 7. Rising Action 8. Climax 9. Resolution 10. Theme

____The personalities of the story, evident through their descriptions, their actions and their words. ____Time and place of the story; could be real or imaginary, historical or current ____The “bad guy,” the person struggling against the hero. ____The main character or “hero” of the story ____Events of the story ____The solving of the problem, the wrap up. ____The main idea or “message” of the story. What we learn about life from the story. ____A problem that has to be solved. ____The actions and conflict get worse, more tense. ____The crisis point at which something has to break, give way, change.

The Elements of Fiction:

What every good story is made of:

· Setting: Time and place of the story; could be real or imaginary, historical or current.

· Characterization: The personalities of the story, evident through their descriptions, their actions and their words

· Protagonist: The main character or “hero” of the story

· Antagonist: The “bad guy,” the person struggling against the hero.

· Plot: Events of the story

· Conflict: A problem that has to be solved.

· Rising Action: The actions and conflict get worse, more tense.

· Climax: The crisis point at which something has to break, give way, change.

· Resolution: The solving of the problem, the wrap up.

· Theme: The main idea or “message” of the story. What we learn about life from the story.

· Point of View: The source, or “voice” of the narrator; who is telling the story:

o First Person: I am telling the story, and I’m in it.

o Third person: Someone “outside the story” is telling it about others.

o Either point of view can be limited (to one character’s view) or omniscient (knows all about all the characters and every thing that is happening.)