Elementa Of Fiction Flashcards
What r the elements of fiction
Characteristics common to all literary works. Focusing on them provides a framework for analyzing your novels
6 main elements of fiction
Character, structure, setting, plot, style, and theme
What is setting
Setting is the time and location of the action (often symbolizes emotional state of characters, contributed to the mood/atmosphere)
What is character
Characterization refers to how a writer makes a character seem real (direct/indirect)
Characterization can be determined in 4 ways
What a character says/thinks, what the character does, what others say about the character, what the character looks like)
What is structure
The way that the writer arranges the plot of the story (look for unusual changes like bold, italics, all caps, diagrams) and (divisions of text, chapters, parts, chapter titles)
What is a motif
Repeated actions, objects, dialogue, that add significance to the story (theme/mood) example: magic in Harry Potter
What is plot
Plot is the arrangement of ideas and incidents in the story
Important elements of plot
Suspense, foreshadowing, and conflict
What is style
Literary dives or word choices important to understand the story
Dues ex Machina
When an implausible concept is brought to the story to resolve a conflict (example: you wake up at the end to discover it’s all been a dream)
Assonance
A group of words used in proximity that contain similar vowel sounds ( in the silence deep in the legions stream)
Consonance
A group of words is used in proximity that contain similar consonant sounds (a springful of larks in a rolling/cloud
Theme
Theme is the overall idea of the text and it’s developed throughout the story
What’s a theme topic
One word explanation for what the story is about
