ELEMENTS OF FICTION DEMO COT1 SY 23-24.pptx

ELEMENTS OF FICTION DEMO COT1 SY 23-24.pptx

1. Short Activity I will group you into two. On my left side will be the red team, and on my right side will be the blue team. You have to decide who will be the representative for each team. Each representative will go to the board to arrange the letters and form a word. Whoever gets it right first, wins.

2. ELEMENTS OF FICTION Characters Setting Plot Conflict Point of View Theme

3. FICTION Fiction is make-believe, invented stories. They may be short stories, fables, vignettes, plays, novellas, or novels .

4. PLOT Plot is the order of events in the story. The plot usually follows a particular structure called Freytag’s Pyramid .

5. Gustav Freytag, a German playwright who lived during the 1800s, identified this structure.

6. Freytag’s Pyramid has five parts: Exposition R ising action Climax F alling action Denouement (resolution)

7. The exposition introduces the characters, time, and the problem. At the point where exposition moves into rising action, a problem, sometimes called an inciting incident , occurs for the main character to handle or solve. This creates the beginning of the story.

8. Rising action includes the events that the main character encounters. Each event, developed in separate scenes, makes the problem more complex.

9. Climax is the turning point in the story. Usually, it is a single event with the greatest intensity and uncertainty. The main character must contend with the problem at this point.

10. Falling action includes the events that unfold after the climax. This usually creates an emotional response from the reader.

11. Denouement or resolution provides closure to the story. It ties up loose ends in the story.

12. Elements of Fiction: PLOT Activity Read the given selection and answer the questions that follow . Ellen Montgomery lives in Pullman, Washington. She wants an expensive racing bicycle but needs more money to buy it. She works for eight months after school and on weekends in a supermarket to earn the money to buy it. When she has just saved enough money to buy the bicycle, the money is stolen from her house. Ellen then worked another six months in the bicycle shop. She finally can buy the bike and becomes a state champion bicycle racer .

13. 1. What is the exposition of the given selection? 2. Describe the inciting incident. 3. What is the development? 4. What is the climax of this plot summary? 5. What is the resolution ?

14. Assignment: Read the story entitled “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ” and make a plot summary. Write your answer on an A4 bond paper.