Creative Writing Terminology

Question 1

Genre

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A category of writing that has a particular kind of content or stucture, such as narrtive, mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, etc.

Question 2

Characters

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Humans, but can also be animals aliens, and even the lanscape

Question 3

Point of Veiw

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Refers to the narrator who relates the story to the reader. Who is telling the story.

Question 4

1st person

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story told by “I.”

Question 5

2nd person

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Story addressed to “you.”

Question 6

3rd person

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Story in which the story the Characters are “he” and “she,” and the narrator is not usually a charater

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Setting

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Where the story takes place. Also to help the reader imagine what’s happening

Question 8

Plot

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The sequence in which the writer arranges the events for the story

Question 9

Exposition

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The begining of the story

Question 10

Rising Action

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Dialouge, scenes, character interaction, descriptions, building tension, and more occur

Question 11

Climax

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The most exiting moment of story

Question 12

Falling Action

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The aftermath of the climax

Question 13

Resolution

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The end; all the loose ends are tied up

Question 14

Theme

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A mesage that the author is trying to send to the reader.

Question 15

Protagonist

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The main character in literary work; the hero

Question 16

Antagonist

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Any character in a story that opposes the efforts of the hero or main character

Question 17

Diologue

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A conversation in literature. Anything spoken by a character.

Question 18

Diction

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The use of words, including range of vocabulary

Question 19

Imagery

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The sensory detail (not just visual) refering more specifically to figures of speech, which produce mental images for the reader

Question 20

Figure of speech

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An expressive use of language, such as a metaphor of pun,used to suggest an image.

Question 21

Hyperbole

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Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration for emphasis

Question 22

Writer’s Block

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Writer is unable to continue