Academic Language Fiction Flashcards
What is a plot?
Series of related events that make up a story
What is a subplot
A minor plat the relates in some way to the story
The event in the story that causes conflict
Inciting incident
What is a Conflict/problem/issue
A struggle between two opposing forces(external and internal)
External conflict:
Occurs between a character and another character, society, or a force of nature
Occurs within one character (such as emotional turmoil or doubts)
Internal conflict:
Resolution/outcome
Conflict is resolved and the story is broughts to a close
Point in the story that creates the greatest suspense or intrest
Climax
Theme/central idea
An insight or idea about life
Main character in a piece of literature
Proagontist
Antagonist-
another character opposing the protagonist
Overall feeling of a work of literature
Mood
The attude a writter takes toward his or hers subject or characters
Tone
Forshadowing
use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story
Symbolism
Person,place,thing, or event that has meaning in itself
POV: first person
is from the perspective of a character told using pronouns like “I,” “me,” “my,” “we,” “us,” or “our.”
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.”
POV: Second person
is narrated by an external narrator. (He, she, Him, her, they)
POV: third person
Third person onmiscient:
The narrator is all-knowing and has access to the thoughts, feelings, and actions of all the characters.
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.
Third person limited:
Characterization
the way a writer reveals the personality of a character
S
What he/she Says (Allowing us to hear the character speak)
What he/she Thinks (Reveal the character’s thoughts and feelings
T
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)
What he/she Looks like (Describing the appearance of the character)
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Figurative language
figures of speech not literally true
language that appeals to the five senses
Imagery
Alliteration
The repetition
Metaphors
Comparison between two unlike things
Comparison between two unlike things using like or as
Similes
Idioms
a phrase that means something different that what is actually said
a word associated with a sound EX: slam, sizzle
Onomatopoeia
Personification
The act of giving human characteristics to something not human
Irony
Difference between what is meant and what is said
The difference between what is said and what is written
Verbal irony
Situational irony
occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would happen
occurs when the audience or the reader knows something the character does not
Dramatic irony
Rising action
The events that lead up to the most intese moment in the story
Beginning of the story when the setting and main characters are introduced
Exposition
Falling action
The events that help resolve the conflict
