Elements of fiction Theme Plot Setting Characters Point of View theme Message that the author wants the reader to remember Lesson to be learned Can be positive or negative Statement about a topic ID: 782985
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Fiction writing
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Slide2Elements of fiction
Theme
Plot
Setting
Characters
Point of View
Slide3theme
Message that the author wants the reader to remember
Lesson to be learned
Can be positive or negative
Statement about a topic
For example: “The theme of the story is that love is the most important thing in the world.”
Slide4plot
“The carrot on the string that pulls us through the story”
storyline
Slide5setting
Physical – where the story/scene is taking place
a small farming
community
a
two-story, white, frame house in Missouri
Chronological – When the story/scene is happening
today
November 5, 1955
Slide6characters
What the character says
What the character does
What others think of the character
Slide7Point of view
Who is telling the story?
First Person: I, me, my, we
gives more access to thoughts of the character; limited to what they know
Third Person: He, she, they
gives an all-knowing quality
Slide8Let’s practice
https://
youtu.be/l13yPhimE3o
Identify a plot line in this movie.
Describe one of the settings shown.
Who are the characters?
What are the characters like?
What point of view is the trailer shown in?
Is there a theme? What is it?