alter / altar hail/ hail / hale real / very/ really bail / bale lead / led / lead ring / wring breath / breadth lie / lay / lye seen / scene cereal / serial maybe / may be shone / shown chord / cord might / mite throne / thrown core / corps / corpse morn / mourn sit / set colonel / kernel peace / piece straight / strait dual / duel plane / plain / pane/ pain though/ through/ threw desert / desert / dessert poor / pour / pore wade / weighed envelop / envelope quiet / quite waist / waste farther / further quotation / quote where / wear / ware fur / fir rain/ rein /reign write / right foreword / forward raise / raze Most short stories and novels share these common characteristics. ELEMENTS OF FICTION exposition background information about characters and setting that, in a traditional plot, is provided before the action begins, but also can occur anywhere in the work. the time and place in which a work of fiction occurs. setting character a person (or sometimes an animal) who appears in the plot. Characters can be flat or dynamic, stereotyped or complex. A is a familiar or conventional stock character character, such as the clever servant or the cruel stepmother, who appears often in works of fiction. A is a character who, through contrast, underscores the personality traits of foil another character protagonist the main character; sometimes called the or the hero heroine antagonist the character who challenges or opposes the protagonist characterization the process by which an author reveals a are character’s personality. There five main methods of characterization: a writer may provide details about a character’s (1) appearance, (2) actions, (3) speech and thoughts, and (4) relations with other characters. The writer also may provide (5) direct statements about the character’s personality. Methods 1-4 are called because the reader must indirect characterization
alter / altar bail / bale breath / breadth cereal / serial chord / cord core / corps / corpse colonel / kernel dual / duel desert / desert / dessert envelop / envelope farther / further fur / fir foreword / forward hail/ hail / hale lead / led / lead lie / lay / lye maybe / may be might / mite morn / mourn peace / piece plane / plain / pane/ pain poor / pour / pore quiet / quite quotation / quote rain/ rein /reign raise / raze real / very/ really ring / wring seen / scene shone / shown throne / thrown sit / set straight / strait though/ through/ threw wade / weighed waist / waste where / wear / ware write / right Most short stories and novels share these common characteristics. ELEMENTS OF FICTION exposition background information about characters and setting that, in a traditional plot, is provided before the action begins, but also can occur anywhere in the work. setting the time and place in which a work of fiction occurs. character a person (or sometimes an animal) who appears in the plot. Characters can be flat or dynamic, stereotyped or complex. A stock character is a familiar or conventional character, such as the clever servant or the cruel stepmother, who appears often in works of fiction. A foil is a character who, through contrast, underscores the personality traits of another character protagonist the main character; sometimes called the hero or the heroine antagonist the character who challenges or opposes the protagonist characterization the process by which an author reveals a character’s personality. There are five main methods of characterization: a writer may provide details about a character’s (1) appearance, (2) actions, (3) speech and thoughts, and (4) relations with other characters. The writer also may provide (5) direct statements about the character’s personality. Methods 1-4 are called indirect characterization because the reader must