Narrative Elements Flashcards
1.What is exposition?
The part of the story that provides the background information and sets the story up
What are other names for the exposition?
Introduction, Beginning
- What is Initial incident?
The event that sets the story in motion
What are other names for the initial incident?
Motivating incident
- What is the Rising action?
All the events of the story that take place between the motivating incident and the climax. This is the longest part of the story
- What is the climax?
The part where the major conflict/problem is solved, usually the highest point of action
- What is the falling action?
All the events that occur after the climax, and before the resolution
What is the 6. Resolution
The tying up of all the loose ends of the story that were not set up in the falling action
What is the setting?
Where the story takes place, the general location, time and year
What is the point of view?
It is the perspective from which the story is told
What are the different points of view?
Limited omniscient
Omniscient objective
Objective/Camera view
First person
Explain limited omniscient
The narrator can see into the minds and thoughts of one character but is not a character in the story
Explain omniscient
The narrator can see into the minds and thoughts of all characters and is not a character in the story
Explain objective/camera
The story is told as though a camera is filming the action, there are no insights in to the minds of the characters
Explain First person observer participant
The narrator is a character in the story. The story is told by this’d of personal pronouns
What is direct characterization?
The author tells us directly about the characters
What is indirect characterization?
We learn about characters without being directly told Ian’s we draw our own conclusions
What is a round character?
A character that we know a great deal about
What is a flat character?
A character that we know relatively little about (one or two traits)
What is a static character?
A character that does not change from the beginning to end if that story
What is a dynamic character?
A character that undergoes a change in their personality, attitude or thinking by the end of the story
What is a stock character?
A character that is stereo type
What are the 6 stages of the line?
Exposition Initial incident Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution
What is a protagonist?
The main character in the story, usually the good guy but does not have to be
What is an antagonist?
The person or thing that is opposing the protagonist, usually the bad guy, but not always
What is a conflict?
A struggle between two forces
Person vs. Man conflict
One person vs. Another
Person vs. her/himself
A character undergoing a personal struggle
Person Vs. Nature
A character in a struggle against a natural element
Person vs. supernatural
A character in a struggle against something non human
What are the 5 stages of the writing process?
Prewriting Writing Revising Editing Publishing
What is prewriting?
One of the most important stages in the writing process- this is where your ideas come to get her and for a logical chain of events
What is another name for writing?
Rough Draft or Rough Copy
What are some tips going from writing to pre-writing?
- Be selective in the ideas you choose
- Write Write Write
- More is better
What is revising?
Improving your writing
Looking from a different pout of view
Making your writing clearer, interesting, informative and convincing
What does A.R.M.S stand for?
Add
Remove
Move around
Substitute
What does editing look for?
Spelling Capitalization Punctuation Grammar Sentence structure Subject/verb agreement Consistent verb tense Word usage
What is another name for publishing?
Good copy
What is situational irony?
The difference between what ha expected and what actually happens
What is dramatic irony?
The readers knows something that the character does not know
What is a flashback?
Flashing back, within a story, to something that happened
What is foreshadowing?
Hints to what is to come later in the story
What is the theme?
The meaning or purpose of the story, usually implied and not stated directly, usually makes a comment about human nature
What is the mood?
The overall feeling created my the author
What is the atmosphere?
The atmosphere could be sad, gloomy, suspenseful, happy exit
What is symbolism?
Using one thing to represent another
What is complication?
The problem the main character faces
What is a sonnet?
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
What is a free verse?
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
What is a haiku?
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
What is a concrete?
Concrete, pattern, or shape poetry is an arrangement of linguistic elements in which the typographical effect is more important in conveying meaning than verbal significance
What is a stanza?
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
Antonym
a word opposite in meaning to another
Mood
an emotional situation that surrounds the readers
Tone
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
Moral
a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event
Motif
a motif can be seen as an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme
Best exemplified
be a typical example of.
infer
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
