Elements of Prose Flashcards
A story cannot survive with what?
Elements
What are the 5 elements of a story/stories?
✔️Characters
✔️Setting
✔️Plot
✔️Theme
✔️Symbols/Symbolism
it is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
Characters
it isthe time and place in which a story is told.
Setting
It is the sequence of events that make up a story, whether it’s told, written, filmed, or sung…
Plot
It is what the author is trying to convey — in other words, the central idea of the story.
Theme
is a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
Symbol/Symbolism
what are the two kinds of characters?
✔️Protagonist
✔️Antagonist
the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
Protagonist
he/she is the principal opponent or foil of the main character…
Antagonist
What are the 4 types of character?
✔️Static
✔️Dynamic
✔️Round
✔️Flat
what is the different style of formation of plot?
✔️Flashback
✔️Flashforward
✔️Chronological
✔️In Media tres
✔️Cliff Hanger
What are the different parts of plots?
- Introduction/Exposition
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Ending/Conclusion/Denouement