Fiction Flashcards
Genre
A type of book
Fiction
Imaginary story
Prose
Writing other than poetry and drama
Short story
Brief work of fiction
Point of view
Perspective from which story is told
1st person P.O.V
“I” “Me” Narrator is the character
2nd person P.O.V
You
Narrator talks to reader
Ex. Instuctions
3rd person
They, He, She
3rd person limited
Narrator doesn’t know everything
3rd person omniscient
Narrator knows everything
Protagonist
Good guy (main character/hero)
Antagonist
Against protagonist
Creating conflict
Setting
Time, place, mood created by the place and time
Mood
Atmosphere or sense of emotion
Theme
Universal truth explored in the story.
Present through out the story.
Five elements of fiction
Plot, point of view, characters, setting, theme
Idiom
An expression that can’t be understood from the meaning of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written of as of it were another.
Simile
Uses like or as to make a comparison
Analogy
Is a comparison of two things that are alike in some ways but otherwise quite different
Irony
The difference between appearance and reality
Dramatic irony
When the reader knows some things the characters don’t
Verbals irony
Sarcasm
Situational irony
When an event goes against your expectations