3. Content 1.1
Main Character:
A person or animal who takes part in the
action of a story
Setting:
The primary time and place in which the
events of a story take place.
Exposition:
An introduction which tells us who the
characters are, when and where the
story takes place, and what their conflict
is
Conflict:
A struggle or clash between
opposing characters or opposing
forces.
Climax:
When the outcome of the conflict
(problem) is decided one way or
another
Resolution:
Where the loose ends of the story
are tied up and the story is closed,
the conclusion of the story
Theme:
a general and universal point about
human nature or life expressed in
the narrative.
4. Content 1.2
There are two types of conflict:
• Internal Conflict:
A struggle which takes place
in the character's mind.
• External Conflict
A character struggles with
another person, with a group
of people, or with a force of
nature
5. Content 1.3
Point of View:
The vantage point from
which the story is told
1st Person:
One of the characters,
using the personal pronoun
'I', is telling the story
3rd Person:
a narrator is telling the
story either from an all-
knowing or limited view
6. Content 1.4
The main character,
often a good or heroic
type.
The person or force
that works against
the hero of the story.
7. The Elements of Fiction
Sing-a-Long Song
CPR
Character, Problem, Resolution
There’s a character in every plot
Who has a problem and just wants it to stop You want to
know how the conflict is solved? Well, read and watch it
resolve
C – Character
P – Problem
R - Resolution
8. Content 1.5
Click here for "The True Story of
The Three Little Pigs" as told by the
Big Bad Wolf
9. Question 1
Who are the main characters in the story we just
watched?
a) The three little pigs and the big bad wolf
b) Hansel and the big bad wolf
c) The three little pigs and old mother Hubbard
10. Question 2
Who was the antagonist of the story?
a) The Big Bad Wolf
b) The Three Little Pigs
c) The Mother Pig
11. Question 3
What point of view is the story told in?
a) First Person
b) Second Person
c) Third Person
12. Question 4
What type of conflict were the Three Little Pigs
faced with?
a) Internal conflict
b) External conflict
c) There was no conflict
13. Question 5
Where was the setting of The Three Little Pigs?
a) The North Pole
b) The Three Little Pigs’ Houses
c) The Park