genre conventions Flashcards
what are things you would typically find in a comedy story?
-bright, social settings
-adjectives with happy, colourful connotations
-characters with flaws vices and contradictions highlighted
-reflections on societies foolishness and immoral characteristics
-elements of humour(sarcasm, satire,force)
what are technique generally used in. tragedy story?
a main character desiring something with challenges in the way of getting it
and a story ending with the character not getting what they desire and returning to an equilibrium
what are techniques generally used in a romance story?
-the audience to be aimed at females
generally including two protagonists normally being introduced separately to the reader and meeting during act 1 forming. relationship
-in plot point 1 a circumstance will happen causing a problem between them
-the two characters will miss each other and get back together in act 2
-and end with tow protagonists in rekindled relationship
what are features of a non-fiction story?
they are factual and informative nut some can appear as fiction when they tell there story with an added purpose to entertain
+have several characters
horrors common features-
dark gloomy adjectives and adverbs —–describing settings and characters
-the horror genre also contains lots of subgenera i.e.paranormal horror
science fiction features-
science fiction features-