The Essential

Elements of
Fiction
On the next slides, you will see
jumbled letters. Rearrange the
letters to form the element of
fiction and look for its example
from the option box.
ASCATRHCER
CHARACTERS
Iliad, Harry Potter,
Crisostomo Ibarra
 TSIEGTN
SETTING
Renaissance, WWII,
Mt. Olympus
 NPITO FO
POINT
WIVEOF
VIEW
Narrator, Story
Teller
 OPTL
PLOT
Exposition, Climax,
Denouement
 EMHTE
THEME
“True love never
wanes even in old
age.”
 LSSMBYO
SYMBOLS
Snake for betrayal,
Apple for sin, Dove for
peace
 TCFLNICO
CONFLICT
Man Vs. Man, Man Vs.
Himself, Man Vs.
Society
Coming Across
Characters in
Fiction
Characters- can be
categorized into major and
minor characters.
Protagonist Antagonist
The main The character
character in a who opposes
literary work. the protagonist.
Major Characters:

Protagonist Antagonist
Static Dynamic
The characters The characters
that are that evolve
unchanging. during the story.
Minor Characters:

Static Character Dynamic Character

CHARACTERIZATION

It is how the author

introduces the
character to the reader.
CHARACTERIZATION

 Theauthor can directly provide description of the

character citing its most relevant features
(dramatized or described).
 Theauthor may show the character in action
(rounded or flat).
 The author may showcase the character’s
relationship with other characters in the story
(rounded or flat).
Three Dimensions of
Characterization

 Dramatized or Described Characters

This type of dimension focuses on directly
providing a description of the characters to the
readers. This is commonly used for children
books and caters to readers who are less-
experienced.
Dramatized or Described
Characters

“ Standing at the original Victorian counter was

a man in a long black leather coat. His hair had
been grown to counteract its unequivocal
retreat from the top of his head, and was
fashioned into a mean, frail ponytail that hung
limply down his back. Blooms of acne
highlighted his vampire- white skin.”
The Tower, The Zoo and the Tortoise by Julia
Stuart
Dramatized or Described
Characters

“ Standing at the original Victorian counter was

a man in a long black leather coat. His hair had
been grown to counteract its unequivocal
retreat from the top of his head, and was
fashioned into a mean, frail ponytail that hung
limply down his back. Blooms of acne
highlighted his vampire- white skin.”
The Tower, The Zoo and the Tortoise by Julia
Stuart
Rounded or Flat Characters

Rounded
Characters Flat Characters
 Rounded characters can be  Flat characters can be
associated with characters compared to a life-sized
who are complex. They can
cardboard cutout of a
be both likeable and
unlikeable because they celebrity seen outside a
have diverse set of convenient store with all
attitudes, behaviors and big smiles but with no life
beliefs. in them.
Static or Dynamic Characters

Static Characters Dynamic Characters

 The characters that  The characters that
do not change all change during the story.
throughout the
story. They stay the
same as the story
unfolds.