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Genre and Elements PDF
Genre and Elements PDF
Fiction
These are stories that are NOT
real! They are made-up. Can
include fairytales, folktales,
fables, myths, tall tales, realistic
fiction, science fiction, fantasy,
and historical fiction!
Three Categories
• realistic, non-realistic, and semi-fiction
• Important elements:
plot, exposition, foreshadowing, rising
action, climax, falling action, and resolution
• Popular examples: James Joyce’s A Portrait
of an Artist as a Young Man, Charles Dickens’
A Tale of Two Cities, Jane Austen’s Pride and
Prejudice, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a
Mockingbird
Literary Elements of Fiction
Exposition/ Resolution/So
Somebody
Exposition
Introduces the Setting Introduces the Characters