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    This document discusses the key elements of fiction - setting, characters, plot, and literary devices. It defines setting as the time and place where a story's events occur, and notes there are physical and chronological aspects. Characterization is revealed through a character's actions, thoughts, descriptions by others and the author. The document outlines different types of characters and plots, including their key parts like exposition, complication, crisis, climax, and resolution. Literary devices like flashbacks and foreshadowing are also introduced.

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    ELEMENTS OF FICTION

    JULY 25, 2018


    SETTING
     Is the time and place in which the events of a
    story occur.
     Setting might be the most important element in one
    and almost nonexistent in another.
     Stories actually have two types of
    setting: Physical and Chronological.
     The physical setting is of where the story takes
    place. The “where” can be very general.
    Example:
     At Angeles University Foundation

     In 292 Francis St., Nepo Subd, Angeles City

     The chronological setting, the “when,” can be


    equally general or specific.
    Characters

     Presentations of a human being in a story.


     They are the complex combination of
    both inner and outer self.
     Characterization- is the method used by

    the writer to reveal the personality of the


    character/s.
    Ways of Revealing Literary Characters

     The characters are revealed according to:


    1. Actions of the characters
    2. Thoughts of the characters
    3. Descriptions of the characters
    4. Descriptions of the other characters
    5. Descriptions of the author
    Kinds of Characters

     According to Principality
    1. Protagonist-is the character with whom
    the reader empathizes.
    2. Antagonist- is the character that goes

    against the main character, usually the


    protagonist.
    Kinds of Characters

     According to Development
    1. Dynamic- is the character that exhibits
    noticeable development.
    2. Static- is the character who exhibits no
    change and development.
    Kinds of Characters
     According to Personality
    1. Round- is the character that displays
    different/multiple personalities throughout the
    story.
    2. Flat- reveals conventional traits, who remains the
    same throughout the story. Its characterization
    does not grow.
    Plot

     The sequence of events in the story,


    arranged and linked by causality.
    Kinds of Plot
     Linear Plot
    Moves with the natural sequence of events where
    actions are arranged sequentially.
     Circular Plot-where linear development of the story

    merges with an interruption in the chronological


    order to show an event that happened in the past.
    (Flashback)
     En Medias Res- the story commences in the middle
    part of the action.
    Parts of a Plot

    Climax

    Crisis Denouement

    Complication Ending

    Exposition
    Parts of a Plot
     Exposition- sets the scene by introducing the
    situation and settings and likewise lays out the
    characters by introducing their environment,
    characteristics, pursuit, purposes, limitations,
    potentials and basic assumptions.
     Complication- start of the major conflict or
    problem in the plot.
    Parts of a Plot
     Crisis-establishes curiosity, uncertainty, and
    tension; it requires a decision.
     Climax- peak of the story which leads to an

    affirmation, a decision, an action, or even a


    realization. This is the point of greatest
    emotional intensity, interest, as well as
    suspense.
    Parts of a Plot

     Denouement- finishing of things right after


    the climax, and show the resolution of the
    plot.
     Ending-brings the story back to its state
    of emotional & intellectual balance.
    Literary Devices
     Flashback-writer’s use of interruption of the
    chronological sequence of a story to go back to
    related incidents which occurred prior to the
    beginning of the story.
     Foreshadowing- writer’s use of hints or clues to
    indicate events that will occur later in the story. The
    use of this technique both creates suspense and
    prepares the reader for what is to come.

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