1. 10 literary terms
ELEMENTS OF FICTION

2. Essential Question
 What are the pieces that make up a fictional
story?
 All fiction contains these 10 elements.

3. Today we will….
 define the 10 literary terms that make up
fiction.
 provide an example of each of these terms.
 create 2 column notes with the element,
definition, and example of each word.

4. Protagonist
 The protagonist is the main character in a
story. Often this person is referred to as the
“good guy.”

5. Monsters Inc.
 The protagonists from
Monsters Inc. are Sulley
and Mike Wazowski.

6. Antagonist
 The antagonist is the person or thing that
works against the protagonist. This is often
the “bad guy” or “bad thing.”

7. Monsters Inc.
 The antagonist in the
movie is Randall Boggs.

8. Conflict
 The conflict is the problem or struggle the
protagonist faces.

9. Monsters Inc.
 The conflict in the
movie is that Boo has
come through to the
monster world and
Mike and Sulley are not
able to easily get her
back to the human
world.

10. Resolution
 The resolution is the solution to the conflict.

11. Monsters Inc
 The resolution in the
movie is that Sully and
Mike have to fight off
Randall, Mr.
Waternoose, and some
bad luck to save Boo.

12. Plot
 The plot is the events that occur in the story.

13. Monsters Inc
 Mike and Sulley are monsters that generate
power for Monstropolis by capturing the
scared screams of children (Somebody).
 By accident, a small child gets through their
defenses and is in their city. They need to find
a way to get her back home (Wanted).

14. Monsters Inc
 Randall Boggs and Mr. Waternoose want to
keep Boo in Monstropolis because they think
they need her screams (But).
 Mike and Sulley stand up for what they believe
in and they fight to get Boo home (So).
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15. Setting
 The setting is when and where the story takes
place.

16. Monsters Inc
 The setting for
Monsters Inc. is
Monstropolis. There is
no definite time of the
story.

17. Climax
 The climax is the most exciting part of the
story.

18. Monsters Inc
 The climax of Monsters
Inc. is when Mike and
Sulley are running
through the power
plant trying to find the
right door to send Boo
back home.

19. Theme
 The theme is the moral or the lesson the
author is trying to tell you.

20. Monsters Inc
 The theme in Monsters Inc is that you can’t be
afraid of what you don’t know. When you get
to know someone, you see around the
differences they may have.

21. Mood
 The mood is the feeling the story gives you.

22. Monsters Inc
 The mood of Monsters
Inc. changes as the story
continues. At first we are
sad for the scared
children, then we are
worried about Boo, then
we are angry with
Randall, finally we are
happy when Boo gets
home.

23. Narrator
 The narrator is the person who is telling the
story.
 It can be a character in the story or it can be an
unspecified person who is able to see
everything and hear everything.

24. Monsters Inc
 There is no specific narrator in the movie. We
are only able to hear what the characters say,
not what they think.

25. Twilight
 An example of a
narrator in a story is
Twilight. The entire
story is told through
Bella (the main
character).

26. Closing Activity
Matching
worksheet... use
your notes!

27. Homework
 Tonight for homework I would like you to
think of the book you read for the summer,
Rules. Complete the homework chart by
filling in the title of the book you are using.
Then fill in each section of the worksheet
using that book as the example.

28. Today we…
 learned 10 new literary terms.
 reviewed examples of each term.
 created 2 column notes for each literary term,
definition, and example.