Elements of Fiction. Plot Famous Example: In “Finding Nemo,” Nemo is born, he’s taken away, his dad leaves to search for him, dad meets Dori, and so on.

Elements of Fiction

Plot

Famous Example:

In “Finding Nemo,” Nemo is born, he’s taken away, his dad leaves to search for him, dad meets Dori, and so on. Each thing that occurs in the story is part of the plot.

Definition

The sequence of events in a story/drama (includes all action).

Character

Famous Example:

1. List 3 Disney characters.

Definition

Person created for a play or movie (can be imaginary or

based on real person).

SuspenseDefinition

The anticipation or excitement of outcomes.

Famous Example:

2. In Snow White or The Lion King, what’s something that the audience becomes suspenseful about?

Conflict Definition

The main character’s struggle or problem.

Famous Examples:

One of Cinderella’s conflicts was that she wanted to go to the ball but wasn’t allowed.

3. Identify a conflict in a Disney movie (examples: The Lion King, Sleeping Beauty, Finding Nemo).

Setting Definition

Where and when the story takes place.

Famous Example:

4. Choose one of the choices below and identify the setting of one scene of the story:

• Cinderella• The Little Mermaid• The Lion King

Empathy

6. Who do you feel empathy for in 2 of the following stories?

• The Little Mermaid• Finding Nemo• Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs• The Lion King

Definition

The act of the audience identifying with characters in a play.

Theme

Famous Example:

7. Identify a theme from one of the following:

• The Little Mermaid• Finding Nemo• Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs• The Lion King

Definition

Central idea or message about life that an author conveys.

Motivation

Famous Example:

8. Choose 1 character from below and identify his/her motivation for his/her behavior:

• The evil queen in Snow White• Scar in The Lion King• Cruella in 101 Dalmations

Definition

What a character wants. An inner drive that causes a person to act a

certain way.

Mood

Famous Example:

In Cinderella, the glass slipper finally fits someone and the reader’s mood is happy.

Definition

The feeling or emotion the reader gets from reading a piece of fiction.

Fill-in-the Blank Activity

PlotCharacterSuspenseConflictSetting EmpathyThemeMotivationMood

The message about life, the main idea from any work of art (drama included) is called ______________.

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PlotCharacterSuspenseConflictSetting EmpathyMotivationMood

Where and when the story takes place is called ______________.

Fill-in-the Blank Activity

PlotCharacterSuspenseConflict EmpathyMotivationMood

The feeling the reader/audience gets while reading a passage is called: ______________.

Fill-in-the Blank Activity

Plot

Character

Suspense

Conflict

Empathy

Motivation

The problem or struggle, of a character is called ______________.

Fill-in-the Blank Activity

Plot

Character

Suspense

Empathy

Motivation

The person created for a story (can be imaginary or based on a real person) is called ______________.

Fill-in-the Blank Activity

Plot

Suspense

Empathy

Motivation

Why a character behaves as s/he does (what the character wants) is called ______________.

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Plot

Suspense

Empathy

The sequence of events in the play (all that happens) is called ______________.

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Suspense

Empathy

When the audience identifies with a character in a play (walks in their shoes) it is called ______________.

When the audience is excited about what will occur next it is called ______________.

How many did you get right?

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