Most stories have amain character, or multiple main characters. Some haveantagonistswho prevent the main characters from achieving their goals. There are alsoside characters, romantic interests, and many other roles that fictional characters can take in a story. In a well-written story, each charac...
Much of writing is instinctual, born of exposure to good stories and a lot of practice. However, there are some tools every writer needs to make their story professional and effective. Grammar and spelling are the obvious ones, but today, I'm talking about the key elements of fiction: char...
Plot, the action element in fiction, is the arrangement of events that make up a story. Many fictional plots turn on a conflict, or struggle between opposing forces, that is usually resolved by the end of the story. Typical fictional plots begin with an exposition, that provides back...
Elements of Short Stories The Short Story. Elements of literature FICTIONAL ELEMENTS A REVIEW. What is included in a story? Mrs. McKee 9th Grade College Prep Short Story Terms. Identifying the Elements of Fiction Elements of Literature Elements of a Story What you need to know!. Elements of ...
9. Allegory A narrative that serves as an extended metaphor. Written in the form of fables, poems, stories, and almost any other genre. The purpose of an allegory is to tell a story that has characters, a setting, as well as other types of symbols, which have both literal and figurativ...
understand the various meanings of a poem •Poets create tone or a mood or a feeling by the types of words used, which can give clues to the poem’s overall meaning or message •Speaker: the fictional voice or persona of the “person” speaking the poem (like a narrator for a stor...
Like literary fiction, non-fiction contains characters who act within the story. Though these characters are real people in non-fiction, they still are represented in writing with the same tools and techniques as fictional characters. Non-fiction stories rely on the same reader empathy as fiction...
inspire fiction writers. A few examples of fiction writing include novels such as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, plays such as William Shakespeare's Macbeth, short stories such as Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," narrative poems such as Alfred Noyes' "The Highwayman," and other work...
5)Mood or atmosphere- What feeling is created at thebeginning of the story? Cheerful or eerie? III.Character– There aretwomeanings for “character”: 1) a person in a fictional story; or 2) qualities of a person. 1)1)People in a work of fiction can be a(n): Protagonist –Clear ...
Short Stories Short story- a brief work of fiction intended to be read in a single sitting Elements of a short story- characters, setting, plot, conflict, point of view, theme Plot Characters Setting Conflict Characters and characterization Characters- the people or animals who take part in the...