Elements of Fiction‚ pg. 358-364 There are specific elements that you can look for in a work of fiction‚ and for this class specifically‚ the short story. In order to determine if something is a complete story‚ you look for the following elements. These are also listed on the Fiction Terms sheet as the specific definitions that you will see on the exam. Plot: Plot is simply what happens in the story. Traditional plots have a beginning‚ rising action‚ a climax‚ falling action‚ and an end. Many stories
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Elements of Fiction Theme “The subject of discourse; the underlying action or movement; or the general topic‚ of which the particular story is an illustration.” Shipley “When literary critics use this term‚ they generally mean the idea or point of the work. Though many writers like to think of themselves primarily as storytellers‚ yarn spinners‚ and fabulists‚ themes and ideas are inevitable. Every work raises questions‚ examines possibilities‚ and imagines the consequences of actions. You
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The Elements of Fiction Plot‚ Setting‚ Character‚ Conflict‚ Symbol‚ and Point of View are the main elements which fiction writers use to develop a story and its Theme. Because literature is an art and not a science‚ it is impossible to specifically quantify any of these elements within any story or to guarantee that each will be present in any given story. Setting might be the most important element in one and almost nonexistent in another. Just as a Crime Scene Investigator cannot approach a
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Tess Shanks Elements of Fiction Exercise Theme-The theme consists of jealousy and loneliness‚ Miss Brill is observing everyone she sees in the park. She is lonely and wishing some of the people were different because they don’t know what she feels like and I think she would give a lot to be where they are. Protagonist- Miss Brill is the protagonist. She is explaining how she sees everything and her jealousy of others. She is flattered when she thinks of herself as an actress because she is part
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English 10-1 Exam Study Notes Elements of Fiction/Short Story Unit Plot Exposition: background info and may include antecedent action Rising Action Climax: highest point of emotional intensity Falling Action: working towards the resolution Denoument/Resolution: unknotting of the plot Plot Manipulation: an unmotivated action by a character or when the author relies too heavily on chance or coincidence to bring about the solution to the conflict Conflict Man vs. Man – against another character
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SEVEN ELEMENTS OF FICTION 1) PLOT - Action which occurs -- 5 ingredients plotted as a witch’s hat 1) Exposition (introduction) - background information 2) Rising Action / Complications - conflicts are presented 3) Climax - high point of the action 4) Falling Action - lessens the intensity 5) Denouement (conclusion) - pulls the story together ["They lived happily every after"] NOTE: NOT ALL STORIES CONTAIN ALL 5 INGREDIENTS 2) SETTING - Time‚ Place‚ Customs
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Elements of Fiction “The Lottery” Plot: The plot is developed in chronological order‚ with a few episodes from past stories. Exposition: The story begins on a beautiful summer’s day where the village gathering in the town square with kids running around enjoying their liberation from school‚ and putting rocks in their pockets and guarding a pile of rocks in the corner. Rising Action: Further in the story‚ the lottery has begun and every head of the family has drawn a little piece of paper from
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Week Nine Short Story Assignment What is the symbolic significance of the wheel? The symbolic significance of the wheel is of the man in having control over the wheel‚ thus‚ he has control over his own life and his own death. The wheel represents the man’s destiny and his inability to control it. The narrator states‚ “As the wheel increased its speed it seemed to draw him more and more into its power‚ as though it held his fate – He could not stop it now. So let it be” (231). He refuses to
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In life everybody is different and have different way of being and beliefs. According to Walker Percy on A Short quiz there are ten kinds of selves that people can fit or be part of. Most of the times people like to make a conscious effort to let people know and show them what self they are part of. There are three selves that are the most popular in USA‚ It is weird how two of the three most popular self in USA contradict each other they are The Christian self and the Autonomous self and then it’s
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todays society‚ many are not aware that they fall in a category of personality regarding the “self”. The more one tries to answer the questions about their “self‚” the more one beings looking further into their “self”. From Walker Percy’s essay‚ A Short Quiz‚ the following paragraphs will include explanations of three of Percy’s selves: the cosmological self‚ the role-taking self‚ and the scientific and artistic self. The cosmological self can be identified as one of the most common selves in todays
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