fiction vocab list #1

Question 1

Alienation

Answer 1

The basic form of rootlessness results and loss of identity

Question 2

Coincidence

Answer 2

The coming together of two events often gives fiction meaning beyond the surface

Question 3

irony of fate

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That idea the human fate and destiny is controlled by outside forces even God who do not care about humans or their hopes and dreams

Question 4

novelette

Answer 4

Any short fictional work or prose narrative( long short stories)

Question 5

realism

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Represented reality by portraying every day experiences of relatable and complex characteristics

Question 6

social criticism

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directed to understanding (or placing) literature in its larger social context, focuses on sociological issues

Question 7

allegory

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Story picture or art That uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political act

Question 8

epistolary novel

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I’m novel talk through the medium of letters written by one or more of the characters

Question 9

local color

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fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters dialect customs topography and other features particular to a specific region

Question 10

picaresque novel

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usually a first person narrative, relating the adventures of a rogue of lower class, adventurer, as he drifts from place to place and from one social milieu to another in his effort to survive

Question 11

satire

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type of social commentary, used to show foolishness or vice in humans, achieve political change or social change, or to prevent it

Question 12

stream of consciousness

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a narrative style that tries to capture a characters thought process in a realistic way

Question 13

anachronism

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literary device that places someone or something associated with a particular time in history in the wrong time period

Question 14

existentialism

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movement in philosophy and literature that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice

Question 15

motivation

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the reason compelling a persons action and behaviors

Question 16

plot

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the sequence of events where each affects the next

Question 17

science fiction

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form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon individuals

Question 18

suspense

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don’t know what hat is going to happen next

Question 19

anti-hero

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a protagonist or narrative who is notable lacking in heroic qualities

Question 20

flashback

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a scene that takes place before a story begins

Question 21

naturalism

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used detailed realism to suggest that social confound, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character

Question 22

point of view

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the “eye” or narrative voice through which you tell a story

Question 23

sentimentalism

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a practice of being sentimental, and thus tending toward basing actions and reactions upon emotions and feelings

Question 24

victorian novel

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has a ling and complicated plot, omniscient narrator provided a comment on the plot and erect a rigid barrier between right and wrong, the setting it’s the city

Question 25

characterization

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used step-step literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story

Question 26

gothic novel

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genre of literature and film that covers horror, death, and at times romance, stresses emotion and a pleasurable terror that expands the romantic literature of the time

Question 27

novel

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described intimate human experiences with complexity

Question 28

protagonist

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the principle character in a literary work

Question 29

setting

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the location and time frame un which the action if a narrative takes place

Question 30

whodunit

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a detective story or mystery story