FICTIONIn this type of work, the author can make up the entire story. Authors can also choose to include factual information in a made-up story to make it seem realistic.

CHARACTERISTICS OF FICTION All fictional stories must have:

Characters People, animals, and creatures in the story

Setting Time, place, weather and feel of the story

Theme The message shared by the story

Plot Conflict Resolution

HISTORICAL FICTIONStories with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.

FANTASYFiction with strange or other-worldly

settings or characters; fiction which

invites suspension of reality.

FAIRYTALE/FOLKTALEMost begin with “Once upon a time . . .” Fairy tales often feature a fight between good and evil. Evil always loses to a triumphant hero or heroine.

Most end with “and they lived happily ever after.”

SCIENCE FICTION Stories based on

impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future.

HUMORFiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain.

HORROR

Horror is fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader.

MYSTERYMystery is fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.

GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMICS

Comic books are made up of images in sequence on a page designed to tell a story.

Graphic novels are book-length comics.

REALISTIC FICTION

Stories that can actually happen and are true to life.

ROMANCE

A fiction novel where a relationship is developed between two people

FREYTAG’S PYRAMID Plot: The author’s arrangement of

incidents in the story.

Exposition: Introductory material, setting, characters, etc.

Inciting Moment: The event or force that sets in motion the rising action of a work (known as the HOOK).

Rising Action: Part of dramatic action that has to do with the complication of the action.

Climax: Turning point in the action.

Falling Action: The winding down of the climax.

Resolution: the end of the falling action & solution

Denouement: Resolution and explanation of all the secrets and misunderstandings of the plot.