Elements of Fiction

Characterization

Conflict

ForeshadowingFlashback

Foreshadowing

• The author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

Flashback

• A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events.

Protagonist

•The main character in a story is called the protagonist. She or he is always involved in the main conflict and its resolution.

Antagonist•The person opposing the

protagonist is called the antagonist.

Types of Conflict•.

External Conflict• There are three

types of external conflict:

character vs. character;

character vs. society; and character vs.

nature.

Character vs. Character

• The protagonist in

the story experiences conflict with

others, especially the antagonist.

Character vs. Society• The

protagonist in the story experiences conflict

with society as a

whole.

Character vs. Nature

• The protagonist in the story experiences conflict with the elements

of nature.

Internal Conflict

•The protagonist in the story experiences conflict with

her or his conscience.