GNED 15_LESSON 1 AND 2_CONTINUATION Flashcards
ordinary form of written language
PROSE
Prose comes from the word _____
PROSA
It means straight forward speech
PROSA
Imitates the spoken language
PROSE
What are the kinds of prose?
FICTION, NON-FICTION
Fiction comes from the latin word ___
FINGERE
It means “to form, create”
FINGERE
It is a prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
FICTION
Based the stories on real people and events, while others rely on their imagination
FICTION
What are the types of fiction?
FAIRY TALE, LEGEND, PARABLE, FABLE, MYTH, DRAMA, NOVEL, SHORT STORY
a brief prose narrative that can usually be read in one sitting and contains few characters and a single plot that revolves about the main character.
SHORT STORY
Consists of a long story written in prose and it has more characters with several subplots
NOVEL
Intended to play on stage and written scripted form to be reenacted by the actors. Usually called play
DRAMA
It is usually with animal characters that teaches lesson or moral
FABLE
a short narrative that is at least part allegorical and that illustrates a moral and spiritual lesson
PARABLE
A story that reflects the people’s identity or cultural values, generally with more historical and less emphasis on the supernatural
LEGEND
A fictional tale, originally with religious significance that explains the actions of gods or heroes, the causes of natural phenomenon or both
MYTH
Featuring folktale characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, talking animals and others
FAIRY TALE
What are the elements of fiction?
PLOT , CHARACTERS, SETTING, POINT OF VIEW, THEME, (DICTION, IMAGE, AND SYMBOL)
it is defined as the arrangement of events and actions in a story to convey a theme
PLOT
What are the usual structure of plot?
INITIAL INCIDENT OR EXPOSITION, DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM, CONFLICT, CLIMAX, RESOLUTION OT DENOUEMENT
in fiction can be conveniently classified as major and minor, static and dynamic
CHARACTER
an important figure at the center of the story’s action or theme.
MAJOR CHARACTER
Major character is sometimes called a ___
PROTAGONIST
Protagonist’s conflict with an ____ may spark the story’s conflict.
ANTAGONIST
often Static or unchanging. They remain the same from the beginning of a work to the end
MINOR CHARACTERS
characters whose function is partly to illuminate the major characters
MINOR CHARACTERS
exhibit some kind of change – of attitude, purpose, behavior, as the story progresses
DYNAMIC CHARACTERS
Major element of settings are?
TIME, PLACE, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Sometimes it is lightly sketched, presented only because the story has to take place somewhere and at some time
SETTING
Gives the reader the feel of the people who move through it
SETTING
refers to who tells the story and how it is told.
POINT OF VIEW
TRUE OR FALSE: there are many ways of telling a story
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: can more than one point of view be worked into a single story?
t
central idea or meaning of a story
THEME
The ___ in fiction is rarely presented at all
THEME
it is abstracted from the details of character and action that compose the story
THEME
provides a unifying point around which the plot, characters, setting, point of view, symbols, and other elements of a story are organized
THEME
the story’s sequence of actions
PLOT
what the story is generally about
SUBJECT
The reason, diction, imagery, and symbolism will clarify some of the unique contribution that designs of language make to the experience of fiction.
THE DICTION, IMAGE, AND SYMBOL
a choice of word and arranges them in sentences and longer units of discourse and exploits their significance
DICTION
a verbal expression of sensed experience makes possible the communication of what one sees, hears, feels, smells, and tastes
IMAGE
a person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meanings beyond and usually more abstract than its literal significance
SYMBOL
prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history
NON-FICTION
present only truth and accuracy regarding information
NON-FICTION
What are the types of non-fictions?
DIARY OR JOURNAL, ESSAY, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY
From the Greek words auton and bios
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Auton means ___
SELF
Bios means ___
LIFE
a biography written by the author about himself.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
based on a written accounts of individual life
BIOGRAPHY
Comes from the French word essai
ESSAY
Essai means ____
ATTEMPT
It is from the author’s personal point of view
ESSAY
It is about the discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day of other periods
DIARY OR JOURNAL
