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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A FICTION - Coggle Diagram
FIVE ELEMENTS OF A FICTION
PLOT
Climax
Turning point of the story, consider the climax as a three-fold phenomenom
Main characters accepts this information
Main character acts on this information
Main characters receives new information
Falling action
Resolution begins
Rising actions
Events in the story become complicated
Conflict
Essential to plot. Within a story, there may be only one central struggle, or there may be many minor obstacles within a dominant struggle. There are two types of conflicts
Internal
Character V.S. Self
External
Character V.S. Character
Character V.S. Nature
Character V.S. Society
Resolution
Final outcome of events in the story
Exposition
Beggining of the story; Characters, backgrounds and setting revealed
SETTINGS
Time and location that a story takes place. When examining how setting contributes to a story, there are multiple aspects to consider
Weather conditions
Social conditions
Time
Mood or atmosphere
Place
CHARACTERS
There are 2 meanings for character: A person in a fictional story, Qualitys of a person
Characteristics of a character can be revealed through
His/her physical appearance
What other say about him/her and how other react to him/her
What he/she thinks, feels, dreams and what he/she does or does not do
Characters can be
Round
Fully developed personalities that are affected by the storys events
Flat
One-dimensional character
Dynamic
Character who does go through a change
Static
Character does not go through a change
People in a work of fiction can be
Protagonits
Antagonist
POINT OF VIEW
Second person
Story told by a narrator who addresses the reader or some other assumed "you"
Third person
Story told by a narrator who sees all the actions
Limited
Reader only see what the narrator sees
Omniscient
The narrator sees and knows everything, and can move from one character's mind to another. There are two main types of omnicient POV:
Innocent eye
Story told through childs eye
Stream of Consciousness
Story told so readers solely experience a character's thoughts and reactions
First person
Story told by the protagonist or a character who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters
THEME
Central message
Various figures of speech may be utilized to highlight the theme
Examples of common themes occuring in literature , on television, and in film are:
Believe in yourself
People are afraid of change
Love is blind
Thongs are not always as they appear to be
Dont judge a book by its cover
Story's title usually emphasizes what the author is saying
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