Elements Of Fiction Flashcards

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Character has an emotional struggle in their mind

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Internal conflict

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Series of events in a literacy work

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Plot

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2
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Does NOT change

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Static character

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Main character/ good guy

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Protagonist

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The “bad guy”

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Antagonist

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Changes

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Dynamic character

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Story told by a character

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1st person

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Reader knows thoughts of all characters

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3rd person omniscient

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Between character and outside force

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External conflict

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How the writer makes the character seem real

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Characterization

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Character knows thoughts of 1-2 characters

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3rd person limited

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11
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Central message not stated

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Implied theme

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Seems real, changes

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Round character

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2 dimensional

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Flat character

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Who the story is told by

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Point of view

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When & where a story takes place

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Setting

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Struggle between forces or people

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Conflict

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Central ideas of literary work

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Topic

18
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Stories that are not true

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Fiction

19
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The beginning of the story

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Exposition

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  • when most of the events take place
  • character and conflict is developed
  • leads to the climax
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Rising action

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  • Turning point of the story
  • The high point of action
  • Moment of greatest tension
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Climax

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  • After climax

- The story begins to “ wrap up “

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Falling action

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  • The end of the story

- The conflict of the story has been resolved

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Resolution