unit one fiction Flashcards
Genre
type of writing/book.
Examples- historic fiction, sort stories, drama, romance, action, sci-fi,
fiction
made up. follows plot.
prose
normal writing. not poetry. idea’s/thoughts.
short story
focus on few characters. one conflict. one theme.
novel
many characters. many conflicts. many themes.
point of view
perspective from which story is told
1st person p.o.v.
“i” “m”
narrator is talking about him/herself
2nd person p.o.v. “you”
author talking to reader.
3rd person p.o.v. “they, he, she”
narrator is telling about a character. the hugger games
omniscient- 3rd person p.o.v.
limited-3rd person
all knowing.
limited knowledge.
protagonist
main character.
struggling with conflict.
antagonist
antagonizes the protagonist.
setting
place+time+social context.
mood
atmosphere/emotional sense
theme-love hate
universal truth-explored throughout the story.
5 elements of fictio
plot p.o.v. characters setting theme
Idiom
An expressive that can’t be understood from the meaning of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written of as if it were another
Simile
A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison
Analogy
A comparison of two things that are like some ways but otherwise quite different.
irony
the difference between appearance and reality.
dramatic irony
when the reader knows something the characters dont
verbal irony
sarcasm
situational irony
when an event go against your expectation.
