Literary+Elements

== = = =Literary Elements =

Theme

 * The theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave. The theme is not meant to preach or teach. In fact, it is not directly presented at all. We discover the theme in the characters, action and setting that make up the story! In other words, the reader must figure out the theme.


 * The theme of a fable is its moral, or lesson about what is right or wrong.


 * The theme of a parable is what it teachers us.

Main Characters

 * The most fully developed characters in the story. They may have good and bad qualities.

Setting

 * Where and when does the story take place.

Plot

 * All fiction is based on conflict and this conflict is presented in a structured format of events called the plot. There is rising action that comes to a climax. In other words, plot is what happens in the story.

Problem

 * The problem, or conflict is the essence of fiction and creates the plot. There are four kinds of conflict: man versus man, man versus nature, man versus society, and man versus self. The rising action in a work of fiction moves toward solving or resolving the conflict.

Solution or Resolution

 * There are a series of events that build from the conflict that end when the conflict reaches a turning point or crisis. As a result of the problem, there is a climax which is the moment of greatest interest or emotion and the conflict is solved.
 * In other words, whatever ends the action and resolves the conflict.

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