Structure Flashcards
Define: Plunge
A dramatic opening to a narrative.
Define: In media res
A story which starts mid action
Define: Exposition
A traditional opening to a story or narrative.
Define: Rising Action
The point in a story when tension mounts.
Define: Dilemma
When a character has a difficult moral choice to make.
Define: Juxtaposition
Contrasting ideas which have contrasting effects.
Define: Climax
The highest or the most intense point during a narrative.
Define: Resolution
The outcome, ending or consequences of a narrative.
Define: Linear
A chronological structure.
Define: Non-Linear
Mixed chronology or fragmented ordering of events.
Define: Foreshadowing
An indication of future events.
Define: Analepsis
A Flashback.
Define: Prolepsis.
A flash-forward (in a timeline.)
Define: Falling Action
The point at which the tension disperses.
Define: Complication.
(In literary terms) A disruption in the narrative, which sets off a series of events.
Define: Discovery
(In literary terms) “The central message of the narrative.”
Define: Narrative Gaps
Unexplained or missing information, withheld to create suspense.
Define: Define Narrative Shifts
A change in perspective or focus.
Define: Epistolary
Narrative in letter or diary form.
Define: Conflict
The main problem or issue to be overcome by a character/characters.
Define: Macro Detail
Wide angle details (e.g focussing on a landscape, setting…)
Define: Micro Detail.
Close-up details in a story (e.g focussing on a character’s expression…)
