Fiction Flashcards

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Genre

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A type of book

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Fiction

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Imaginary story

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3
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Prose

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Writing other than poetry and drama

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4
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Short story

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Brief work of fiction

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5
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Point of view

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Perspective from which story is told

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1st person P.O.V

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“I” “Me” Narrator is the character

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2nd person P.O.V

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You
Narrator talks to reader
Ex. Instuctions

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8
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3rd person

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They, He, She

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9
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3rd person limited

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Narrator doesn’t know everything

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10
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3rd person omniscient

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Narrator knows everything

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11
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Protagonist

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Good guy (main character/hero)

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12
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Antagonist

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Against protagonist

Creating conflict

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13
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Setting

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Time, place, mood created by the place and time

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14
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Mood

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Atmosphere or sense of emotion

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15
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Theme

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Universal truth explored in the story.

Present through out the story.

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16
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Five elements of fiction

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Plot, point of view, characters, setting, theme

17
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Idiom

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An expression that can’t be understood from the meaning of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.

18
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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written of as of it were another.

19
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Simile

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Uses like or as to make a comparison

20
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Analogy

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Is a comparison of two things that are alike in some ways but otherwise quite different

21
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Irony

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The difference between appearance and reality

22
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Dramatic irony

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When the reader knows some things the characters don’t

23
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Verbals irony

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Sarcasm

24
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Situational irony

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When an event goes against your expectations