HUM1 ON FICTION PDF Flashcards
In literature, any work in which the content is completely or largely invented.
FICTION
Is a fictitious form of literature that is created and imagined and untrue, but has the appearance of reality because it is written in such a way that the events, people, and places are identical to reality
SHORT STORY
In a narrative , not only the sum total and the sequence of events but also the selecting, ordering and arranging of incidents to suggest their relationships and their actual interdependence on one another
PLOT
The opposition between forces/characters that is intensified and then resolved during the narrative
CONFLICT
The introductory or the background information- such as time, place, details about characters- which serve as preparation for subsequent actions and conflicts
EXPOSITION
The development and intensification of the conflict
COMPLICATION
The point toward which the plot and conflict rise and at which the fate of major characters is determined
CLIMAX
The moment of the conflict’s greatest intensity, usually that point at which opposing forces interlock or reach a standstill.
CRISIS
Literally means, the “untying”, it occurs in a plot after the crisis.
DENOUEMENT/ RESOLUTION
The presentation of scenes which took place prior to the time of a particular narrative
FLASHBACK
A device which presents a story from the past within a context of more recently events.
FRAME
In fiction, the presentation of scenes which took place ahead of the time of a particular narrative
FLASHFORWARD
The use of subtle hints that suggest what is to come later in the story
FORESHADOWING
An imaginative departure from literal, straightforward statements in which two essentially dissimilar things are compared in particular way
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