Elements of Fiction

Introduction

Fiction

Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real. More specifically, fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events. Fiction may be either written or oral. Although not all fiction is necessarily artistic, fiction is largely perceived as a form of art or entertainment.

Task

Find an example of fiction story and locate the elements of fiction in the story.

Process

FICTION
- is a literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
-a belief or statement that is false, but that is often held to be true because it is expedient to do so.

Elements of fiction:
1. Character -- A figure in a literary work (personality, gender, age, etc). E. M. Forester makes a distinction between flat and round characters. Flat characters are types or caricatures defined by a single idea of quality, whereas round characters have the three-dimensional complexity of real people.
2. Plot –- the major events that move the action in a narrative. It is the sequence of major events in a story, usually in a cause-effect relation.
3. Point of View -- the vantage point from which a narrative is told. A narrative is typically told from a first-person or third-person point of view. In a narrative told from a first-person perspective, the author tells the story through a character who refers to himself or herself as "I." Third –person narratives come in two types: omniscient and limited. An author taking an omniscient point of view assumes the vantage point of an all-knowing narrator able not only to recount the action thoroughly and reliably but also to enter the mind of any character in the work or any time in order to reveal his or her thoughts, feelings, and beliefs directly to the reader. An author using the limited point of view recounts the story through the eyes of a single character (or occasionally more than one, but not all or the narrator would be an omniscient narrator).
4. Setting –- That combination of place, historical time, and social milieu that provides the general background for the characters and plot of a literary work. The general setting of a work may differ from the specific setting of an individual scene or event.
5.Style -- The author’s type of diction (choice of words), syntax (arrangement of words), and other linguistic features of a work.
6. Theme(s) -- The central and dominating idea (or ideas) in a literary work. The term also indicates a message or moral implicit in any work of art.

Evaluation

Instruction  Choose the best answer on the following questions by marking check beside your answer.

  • Question 1

    Total Points: 1

    The action that follows the climax is called the

    • Conflict
    • Rising action
    • Persuasive Action
    • Protagonist Complication
    • Falling Action

  • Question 2

    Total Points: 1

    The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a story is the

    • exposition
    • falling action
    • climax
    • setting
    • rising action

  • Question 3

    Total Points: 1

    A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a story can be described as

  •  The resolution
  • The main conflict or resolution
  • The primary conclusion
  • The setting

   

       Question 4

        Total Points: 1

     The sequence of events in a story is called the

  • Chronological order
  • Exposition
  • Resolution
  • Climax
  • Plot  

  • Question 5

  • Total Points: 1

  • The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict is called the

    • Climax
    • Background
    • Resolution
    • Theme
    • Rising action