FAIRY TALES Fiction ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES 1

FAIRY TALES Fiction

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 1. Begins with “Once Upon A Time…”

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 2. “In a land far away…” The land is unknown in a far away place. (We can’t get there. )

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 3. Fantasy and Make believe

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 4. Good characters vs. evil characters

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 5. Royalty

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 6. magic

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 7. a problem needs to be solved

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 8. three is a magic number (3 tries to solve a problem…)

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 9. teaches a lesson or moral

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • 10. “they lived happily ever after. ”

ELEMENTS OF FAIRY TALES • fairy tales do not have to include fairies.

• Fiction Vocabulary

FICTION VOCABULARY • Exposition – Establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and gives the reader important background info.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Conflict – The problem of the story – the struggle between opposing forces.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Rising Action – the events in a story that move the plot forward. It involves the conflict and complications, and usually build toward a climax or turning point.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Climax – the turning point and the point of greatest interest of the story. At this point of the story, the outcome becomes clear. Ahh Haa!

FICTION VOCABULARY • Falling Action – occurs after the climax, and during this part of the story, conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Resolution – the end of the story.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Theme – the meaning or moral of the story. What the author wants you to get out of the story – the message.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Setting – the time and place of the action of the story.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Characters – the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of the story.

FICTION VOCABULARY • Character traits – the qualities or elements that make up a character.