Creative and Critical Thinking: What If?

Elements of Fiction

Learning Target(s):

Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact.
Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts.

In a few pages, a narrative can capture an event or sequence of events that sheds light on a larger situation. A story gives insight into the lives of its characters and into the lives of all people. This lesson focuses on the elements of fiction including:

Point of View, Style, Symbol
Plot
Theme
Characters
Setting

In this section, you will be reading short stories and learning how to interpret fiction through these story elements.