Vocabulary Flashcards
What is first person narrative?
Limited narrative, as they don’t have the omniscient perspective on the tale
What is Retrospective?
Looking back at events
What is perspective?
A point of view
What is Chronological?
In time order
What is an unreliable narrator?
A narrator who does not know the whole truth or hides it
What is the gothic genre?
A supernatural based genre. Often includes multiple narrators or forms of narration
What is the crime genre?
A mystery genre, often includes red herrings, the themes of appearance and reality, and the urban and rural
What is an anti-climax
Tension not resolved by the climax
What is a climax?
A high point of drama
What is Withholding?
Keeping facts or information from the reader
What is foreshadowing?
An event that suggests a event that will happen
What is tension/anticipation
Delaying plot or information. Tension makes the reader feel uneasy while anticipation makes the reader feel excited
What is Denouement?
The resolution of a novel
What is Dialogue/action/description?
The prevalence of these are important in a paragraph: what dominates? Why? Effect?
What is atmosphere?
The tone of mood of a place or situation
What is a Flashback?
Set in a time earlier than the main story
What is a flashforward?
Set in a time later than the main story
What is setting?
The surrounding where an event takes place
What is a Shift?
A change in tone or mood
What is an alliteration?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected word
What is a simile?
The comparison of one thing with another thing
What is an adjective?
A word naming the attribute of a noun
What is an onomatopoeia?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What do questions do?
Makes the reader read more to find the answer