Acadamic Lauguge For Fiction Flashcards
What is a plot
A series of related events that make up a story
What are subplots?
A minor plot that relates in someway to the story
What is an Inciting incident?
The event is the story that causes the conflict
What is a conflit?
A stuggle between two opposing forces (internal and external)
What is a resulation?
Conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close
What is climax?
Point in the story creats the greatest suspence or interest
What is expoisiton
Introduction of a story or a book, when the character and setting are first described.
Protagoist
The main character in a peice of literature
Antagonist
Another chacter opposing the protagonist
Tone
The attude a writer takes toward his or her susject or character
Foreshadowing
Use of clues of hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
Symbolism
Person,place, thing, or event thqat has meaning in itself
Point of View
Point of View (three types)
First-person: is from the perspective of a character told using pronouns like “I,” “me,” “my,” “we,” “us,” or “our.”
Second-person: the narrator uses “you” to describe the reader’s thoughts, actions, and background or may speak directly to the audience using “you,” “you’re,” and “your.”
Third-person is narrated by an external narrator. (He, she, Him, her, they)
Third-person omniscient: The narrator is all-knowing and has access to the thoughts, feelings, and actions of all the characters.
Third person limited: The narrator only has access to the thoughts and emotions of one character, usually following that character through the story and describing events that they experience.
Characterization
Characterization-the way a writer reveals the personality of a character
S: What he/she Says (Allowing us to hear the character speak)
T: What he/she Thinks (Reveal the character’s thoughts and feelings) E: What Everyone says about him/her (Showing how others react to the character)
A: What his/her Actions are (Showing the character in action/what they do)
L: What he/she Looks like (Describing the appearance of the character)
Figurative launguge
Figurative language-figures of speech not literally true Imagery-language that appeals to the five senses
Metaphors and others
Alliteration-the repetition of consonant sounds in two or more close words or syllables (Peter Piper picked a peck of…)
Metaphors-comparison between two unlike things
Similes-comparison between two unlike things using like or as
Idioms-a phrase that means something different that what is actually said Onomatopoeia-a word associated with a sound EX: slam, sizzle Personification-the act of giving human characteristics to something not human
Irony
Irony-difference between what is meant and what is said
Verbal irony: the difference between what is said and what is written
Situational irony: occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would happen
Dramatic irony: occurs when the audience or the reader knows something the character does not
