Elements of Fiction and Nonfiction

3. A character that stays the same throughout a piece of literature.
4. Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
5. A character that changes or grows throughout a piece of literature
6. A thing that is known or proven to be true.
9. The way a story is told – whether from the perspective of a character or a narrator.
12. The general character or attitude of a piece of writing: the way the author feels.
14. A person in a play, novel, short story, or similar work.
15. These types of structures physically organize and signal information in a text, such as headings, illustrations, bold or highlighted term, and notes. They call attention to essential information and structures help readers identify key ideas and details within a text.
17. A recurring type of character that appears in literature in different genres and time periods.

1. A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
2. An author’s message in a nonfiction text: it can be expressed directly or implied.
7. A struggle or problem between two opposing forces. It can be internal (a decision a character is struggling with) or external (for example a problem between two characters).
8. Inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind: the way the reader feels.
10. This type of structure is how the main body of the text is organized and will be organized a certain way depending on its purpose. There are 7 different types, like cause and effect, compare and contrast, and chronological.
11. Literature that describes imaginary events and people.
13. The time, place, and duration of a story or text.
16. The moral or central idea in a fiction text: this can usually be applied to life in general and is something that can be applied to more than one text.
18. The main events of a play, novel, short story, or similar work, imagined and written by the writer as an interrelated sequence.