Genre Flashcards

1
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Genre

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Category in writing

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2
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Fiction

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Made up

Follows a plot

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3
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Prose

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Normal writing

Not poetry

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4
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Short story

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  • Characters are not as developed
  • One main character
  • one conflict
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5
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Novel

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  • Many characters will developed

- many conflict

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6
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Point of view

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Perspective in which the story is told.

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1st person p.o.v

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  • Told by character

- the “i” and the “me”

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2nd person p.o.v.

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  • Told to the reader

- The “you”

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3rd person p.o.v.

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  • The “he” “she” and “they”

- Narrator tells a story about someone else

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10
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Omniscient 3rd person p.o.v.

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-knows everything

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11
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Limited 3rd person p.o.v

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-Limited knowledge

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12
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Protagonist

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-main character

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13
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Antagonist

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-antagonizes the protagonist

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14
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Setting

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  • place
  • time
  • social context
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15
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Mood

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  • atmosphere

- sense of emotion

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16
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Theme

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  • universal truth

- exploded throughout the whole story