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1
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what are the three basic characters in Crime Fiction?

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Detective, Victim, Villain

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Plotting and structure

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Each part of the story reveals a new idea

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Exposition

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Introduces the detective, the setting, and/or themes. the detective is also provided with the initial details of a murder

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Conflict

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The bulk of the story is where the writer uses successive complications to deepen the mystery and build up suspense. This involved putting the detective in danger

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Climax

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The detective unmasks/catches the murderer

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Resolution

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The detective explains his/her reasoning to the police or other baffled characters (as well as the responder

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Plot

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Based around solving a puzzle

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What is the importance of characterization?

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it helps you understand your characters, and how each character’s personality and perspectives can help drive the plot forward

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What is a Spiralling or nonlinear type of story?

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The story has no clear beginning , middle or end; rather it is a collection of images and events

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From Chaos to Clarity

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Where the protagonist goes on a journey to sort through the chaos of his/her life to reach an ordered conclusion.

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Epiphanic

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Where the protagonist moves from ignorance to knowledge/enlightenment

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Survival

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Protagonist faces and overcomes

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Mystery

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The story focuses on mysteries of human behavior- eg. by exploring relationships

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Investigative

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Story based on investigaation of a question/ solving a crime

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Sourced Based

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Story based on ancient myths folktales, Fairytales, legends history etc

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Event Based

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Story focuses on extraordinary things happening to the protafonist

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Changing reality

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The protagonist’s perception of reality has changed by the end of the story

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What is manipulation and purpose

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It is the ability to manipulate the expectations and emotions of responders

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what are ways for a composer to create a sense of mystery or suspense

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The purpose will be to engage responders on the emotional level an example of this is creating tension with what the hero is feeling, and also engaging responders on the intellectual level an example of this is making it so the responders find it hard to guess what will happen next in the story and to reinforce the composer’s theme

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What is the composer’s purpose in this text?

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Composer’s purpose is to entertain responders. This includes making them feel scared, repulsed, excited, sad and etc. Less commonly, the composer may also be seeking to persuade or inform responders about an issue or concept.

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What are the 6 methods of manipulation?

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  1. Descriptive language
  2. Dialogue
  3. Point of view
  4. Plotting
  5. Characterisation
  6. Tone and Attitude
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What are the senses

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  1. Visual
  2. Aural
  3. Tactile
  4. Gustatory
  5. Olfactory
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What the Sound techniques

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  1. Rhyme
  2. Half Rhyme
  3. Assonance
  4. Alliteratin
  5. Consonance
  6. Onomatopoeia
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What are the Meter

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  1. Regular Verse
  2. Blank Verse
  3. Free Verse
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What is meter

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What are the poetry basics

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  1. Imagery
  2. Rhythm
  3. Dictation
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What is imagery

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Imagery is used to engage the responders it is often through Simile, Metaphor, and personification

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Why do poets use the senses?

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They use it to make us care about their subject matter and understand the theme

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why do poets use sound techniques?

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they use it to achieve their purpose in a poem

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Visual

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Appeal to the sense of sight

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Aural

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Appeal to the sense of hearing

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Tactile

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Appeal to the sense of touch

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Gustatory

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Appeal to the sense of taste

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Olfactory

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Appeal to the sense of Smell

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Regular Verse

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Has a fixed number of syllables per line e.g. ten then eight then ten then eight giving the poem a regular rhythm. The rhythm is emphasised through the use of rhyme

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Blank Verse

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has a regular meter but is not accompanied by the use of rhyme. Typically, blank verse consists of ten syllable per line (pentameter)

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Free Verse

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has neither regular use of meter nor rhyme

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Conflict

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The bulk of the story is where the writer uses successive complications to deepen the mystery and build up suspense. This involved putting the detective into danger

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