Elements of Fiction

3. The series of incidents that introduce, develop, and resolve the central conflict.
4. conflict Character vs. emotions or difficult decisions
6. Characters Characters who show growth and change.
7. Characters Characters with multi-dimensional, complex personalities.
10. Characters Characters who do not change during the story.
13. Characters Characters with one-dimensional, simple personalities.
14. The point of greatest tension when the central conflict reaches its peak and the main character's situation changes.
15. The event that launches the central conflict and sets the story in motion.
16. The feeling or atmosphere created for the reader.
18. The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one particular character. The narrator uses pronouns other than “I” (he, she, Jim, etc.)

1. The main character of the story.
2. The author's attitude toward the subject and audience, expressed through word choice.
5. A struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
8. The character who tells the story.
9. The time period, time span, place, and overall atmosphere of a story.
11. The character or force that opposes the main character.
12. The perspective the narrator uses to tell the story.
17. The intended message or central idea of a literary work