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Basic Elements of Fiction:

· PLOT - what happens in the story or poem

Foreshadowing - sets up plot events

Rising action – the events that lead up to the turning point in the story

Climax – the culmination of a conflict; the turning point in the story

Denouement – the resolution or the outcome of the plot

· CHARACTERS - move the plot through dialogue or action

Flat character - has one trait

Round character - has several traits, complex personality

Character Foil- character that serves in contrast to another

Regarding characters, don't just rely on what they say; focus on what they do.

· SETTING - time and place of a story or poem

· SYMBOLISM - characters, things stand for higher meaning in the story; don’t take the page at face value (for example, the color red sometimes indicates passion or adultery, or the color purity can stand for purity)

· POINT OF VIEW - will be first (use of “I”) or third person (he, she, it, they); remember, the narrator may or may not participate in the story.

· STYLE - often, the use of first person reveals a certain style; it relates to attitude

· THEME - the statement that the work makes about life, wisdom, overall purpose; in the Table of Contents section of Literature for Composition, there is a division of the contents according to theme

See the checklist for getting ideas of what to write about (324-326) in Literature for Composition.