Intro Fiction Flashcards

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Genre

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Type of writing.

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Fiction

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A fake story.

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Prose

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Tells a fake story.

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4
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Short story

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Brief work of fiction.

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5
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Novel

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A long work of fiction.

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Plot

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Series of events related to the conflict.

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Point of view

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Perspective from which story is told.

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1st person POV

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“I” “me”.

narrator is the character.

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2nd person POV

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“You”.

Narrator talks to the reader. (instructions)

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3rd person POV

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“They” “he” “she”.

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11
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3rd person limited

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Narrator doesn’t know everything.

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12
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3rd person omniscient

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Narrator knows everything.

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13
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Protagonist

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Good guy.

Main character.

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Antagonist

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Against the protagonist.

Part of the conflict.

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Setting

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Time and place.

Mood created by the place and time.

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Mood

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Atmosphere or sense of emotion.

17
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Theme

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Universal truth explored in the story.

It’s present through out the story

18
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5 Elements of fiction

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  • Plot
  • Point of view
  • Characters
  • Setting
  • Theme
19
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Idiom

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An expression that can’t be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole

20
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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written of as if it were another

21
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Simile

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A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison

22
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Analogy

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A comparison of two things that are alike in some ways but otherwise quite different