Elements of Fiction When you read a story, you are reading a work of fiction. FICTION is writing that comes from an author’s imagination. Although the author makes the story up, he or she might base it on real events. Fiction writers write either short stories or novels. A SHORT STORY usually revolves around a single idea and is short enough to be read in one sitting. A NOVEL is much longer and more …showed first 75 words of 520 total…

…showed last 75 words of 520 total…in the story. It is the turning point, when the action reaches a peak and the outcome of the conflict is decided. The climax may occur because a discovery or an event that changes the situation. The climax usually results in a change in the characters or a solution in the conflict. ? RESOLUTION - The resolution occurs at the conclusion of the story. Loose ends are tied up and the story comes to a close.