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Fiction Terms Flashcards

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A person or animal in a story.

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Character

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The qualities that make a person special or different from others.

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Characteristics/Traits

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How a narrator presents or describes a character.

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Characterization

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The main character in a story, usually a good person.

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Protagonist

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A character in the story admired for their courage, achievements, and noble characteristics.

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Hero

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The character who works against the protagonist.

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Antagonist

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A character who does not change; they remain the same throughout the story.

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Static Character

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A character who changes throughout the story.

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Dynamic Character

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A character with one- or two-character traits.

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Flat Character

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A complex character with many different traits and emotions.

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Round Character

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A character who has traits often associated with a specific group of people.

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Stereotyped Character

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A character who appears in many stories, always with the same traits.

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Stock Character

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Two characters in the same story who have opposite traits.

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Character Foil

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The dramatic struggle between two forces in a story.

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Conflict

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It is a struggle that takes place in a character’s mind.

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Internal Conflict

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It is a struggle between a character and an outside force.

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External Conflict

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The events that occur in a story.

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Plot

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The introduction of a story. The writer establishes characters and settings.

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Exposition

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The events that led up to the climax. The conflict is established.

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Rising Action

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The most interesting part of the plot. The character comes face-to-face with their conflict and must act.

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Climax

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Events that take place after the climax, when many problems are solved, and questions answered.

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Falling Action

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The ending of the story.

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Resolution/Denouement

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When an exciting plot finishes with a disappointing or boring ending.

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Anti-Climax

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An ending that may not be clear because it is open to interpretation by the reader.

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Indeterminate Ending

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An unexpected turn of events in a story. The reader was unable to predict the event.

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Surprise Ending

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The time and place of a story.

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Setting

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When events follow a normal timeline.

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Chronological Order

28
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When the writer goes backward in time (memory).

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Flashback

29
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When a narrator gives a clue about what will happen later in the story.

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Foreshadowing

30
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A moment in your story where the character experiences or realizes something that causes them to change.

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Formative Moment

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The truth that is revealed to the character during a formative moment.

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Epiphany

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When you don’t know what will happen next in a plot.

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Suspense

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When a narrator uses figurative language or outside sources to describe a character or plot.

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Indirect Presentation

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The narrator uses literal language to describe a character or plot.

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Direct Presentation

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A type of story.

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Genre

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A short story, often with animals as characters, teaches a clear lesson.

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Fable

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An old, famous, traditional story that may or may not have happened in real life.

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Legend

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An old, famous, traditional story with gods and monsters.

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Myth

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A story with a plot that cannot occur in the real world, often involving magic or supernatural events.

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Fantasy

40
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A story about a detective who solves a crime or a series of crimes.

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Mystery

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A story.

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Narrative

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The character who tells the story.

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Narrator

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The action or process of telling a story.

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Narration

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The perspective from which the story is told/narrated.

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Point-of-view (POV)

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The story is narrated by a character.

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First-Person POV

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When the narrator refers to the main character directly as “you.”

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Second-Person POV

47
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When the narrator is telling the story as an outsider. They know what the characters say and do, but not what they think or feel.

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Third-Person POV
Objective

48
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When the narrator tells the story as an outsider, they know what ONE character thinks and feels.

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Third-Person POV
Limited

49
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When the narrator tells the story as an outsider, they know what ALL the characters think and feel.

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Third-Person POV
Omniscient

50
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When the narrator uses words that give no opinions or feelings about the plot or characters.

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Objective View

51
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When the narrator uses words that state his/her opinions about the plot or characters.

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Subjective View

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A conversation between characters.

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Dialogue

53
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When a sentence has a subject that completes an action.

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Active Voice

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When the subject of a sentence receives the action expressed by the verb.

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Passive Voice

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Local language or words.

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Dialect

56
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The main idea or message in a story, poem, or article.

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Theme

57
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When a person says or writes one thing but means the opposite.

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Verbal Irony

58
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When the audience knows something that the characters (in a play or story) do not know.

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Dramatic Irony

59
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A situation in a person’s action has an outcome opposite of what they expected.

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Situational Irony

60
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When there is a strange or funny difference between what people think is happening and what is actually happening.

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Irony

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When the audience knows something that the characters (in a play or story) do not know.

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Allegory

62
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A short, popular saying that gives advice about how people should live or expresses a belief that is generally accepted as true.

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Proverb

63
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When a writer uses humor to make fun of something (person, institution) to create positive change.

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Satire

64
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A long story about a hero and their exciting events or adventure.

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Epic

65
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When a writer makes his or her writing different from others and does it often.

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