elements of fiction -slides

8/13/2019 Elements of Fiction -Slides

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HISTORICALHISTORICALFICTIONSHORTFICTIONSHORT

STORIESSTORIES

Elements of FictionElements of Fiction


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ELEMENTS OF

FICTION Authors ur!ose Settin"

Ch#r#cter

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S&m'olism

St&le Moo(

Theme


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Authors

ur!oseAn #uthors re#son for cre#tin" # !#rticul#r %or) is c#lle( the

authors purpose* Sometimes the #uthor %ill st#te his or her

!ur!ose u! front* Other times &oull nee( to m#)e inferences+re#son#'le "uesses, #'out the #uthors !ur!ose*

There arefourbasic reasons an author might choose to write: to e-!l#in or inform to entert#in to !ersu#(e to enli"hten or re.e#l #n im!ort#nt truth


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Settin"

If &ou coul( t#l) #'outthe %here #n( %hen of # stor&/%h#t &oure re#ll& t#l)in" #'out

is the stor&s setting*0n(erst#n(in" # stor&ssettin" c#n "i.e &ou # conte-tfor the e.ents of the !lot* Itc#n #lso "i.e &ou clues #'out themoo(/ or #tmos!here/ of # stor&*


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CHARACTER:

A ch#r#cter is # !erson/ #n #nim#l/ or #n

im#"in#r& cre#ture th#t t#)es !#rt in the#ction of # stor&* Sometimes the #uthor %ill(irectl& (escri'e # ch#r#cters #!!e#r#nce/!erson#lit&/ or feelin"s* Other times the#uthor %ill le#.e clues #n( e-!ect &ou to (r#%

conclusions #'out %h#t the !erson or #nim#l isli)e*


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Ch#r#cter

Ch#r#cteri1#tion

Ch#r#cter T&!es


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CHARACTERIZATION:

An #uthor c#n "i.einform#tion #'out #ch#r#cter '&(escri'in" se.er#l#s!ects of thech#r#cter2

h&sic#l #!!e#r#nce#n( !erson#lit&

S!eech/ 'eh#.ior/ #n(#ctions

Thou"hts #n( feelin"s Inter#ctions %ith

other ch#r#cters


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CHARACTER TYE!:

Most stories h#.e 'oth m#in #n( minor

ch#r#cters* The m#in ch#r#cter/ or!rot#"onist/ is the most im!ort#nt ch#r#cter*

The #ction of the !lot re.ol.es #roun(

him or her* Often the #nt#"onist/ the !ersonor thin" %or)in" #"#inst the !rot#"onist/ is#lso # m#in ch#r#cter*


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lot "OT:lot is the #ction of # stor&* It is the

series of rel#te( e.ents th#t the #uthor(escri'es from the 'e"innin" of the stor&to the en(* Most !lots follo% #chrono#ogica# or$er* In other %or(s/ the&

!rocee( in the or(er in %hich the e.entsh#!!en*


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oint of $ie%

%irst&person oint of 'iew2 in the first3!erson !oint of .ie%/ the stor& is tol( '&one of the ch#r#cters* The ch#r#cter uses!ronouns such #s I or %e#n( usu#ll&!#rtici!#tes in much of the #ction*

Thir$&person oint of 'iew2 in the thir(3!erson !oint of .ie%/ the stor& is tol( '& #n#rr#tor %ho is not # ch#r#cter in the

stor&* +ronouns such #s she/ he/ #n( there use( %hen %ritin" in thir(3!erson !ointof .ie%,


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S&m'olism A s&m'ol is somethin" concretesuch #s

# !erson/ !l#ce/ or o'4ectth#t si"nifiessomethin" more th#n 4ust itself/somethin" #'str#ct/ such #s # conce!t or#n i(e#*Some s&m'ols &ou %ill !ro'#'l& 'e

f#mili#r %ith #lre#(&*

A he#rt s&m'oli1es5555555555555555555

A (o.e s&m'oli1es5555555555555555555


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Style

Style is the way writers express theirideas. Its how they say something, notwhat they say. Style involves thesethree elements:

Word choice Sentence structure and length Literary devices, such as figurative

language, symols, dialogue, andimagery


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Theme

A %riters mess#"e/ or m#in !oint/ isthe themeof his or her liter#r& %or)*Loo)in" for # theme hel!s &ou loo)more (ee!l& into the liter#ture #n(m#)es for more en4o'le re#(in"*

You %ill nee( to infer %h#t the theme is

from the %or)s title/ )e& scenes/ch#r#cters/ s&m'ols/ #n( !lot e.ents*


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Moo(

The moo( of # liter#r&%or) is the feelin"s th#t# %riter %#nts re#(ers toh#.e %hile re#(in"* Itsthe #tmos!here th#ts

cre#te(* 6riters c#nchoose %or(s/ !hr#ses/#n( im#"es to cre#te #%hole r#n"e of moo(s

from #n"er #n( s#(nessto e-citement #n( fe#r*

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