Transcript Fiction Literary Terms

Fiction Literary Terms
“It's no wonder that truth is
stranger than fiction. Fiction has
to make sense.”
Mark Twain
Genre
• A category of literary composition, such as
fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama
Fiction
• Includes any work of prose (writing other than
poetry and drama)that tells an invented or
imaginary story.
• Fiction is a popular choice for people who read
primarily for entertainment.
• Two types: short story and novel
Plot
• Events in the story – consists of 5 parts
1. Exposition
2. Rising action
3. Climax
4. Falling action
5. resolution
Exposition
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The introduction to the story.
Sets the mood or tone
Setting
Background information
Introduces the characters
Rising Action
• The conflict is developed and intensified
Climax
• The high point of interest or suspense
Falling Action
• All the events that follow the climax
Resolution
• The point at which the central conflict is ended
or resloved
Point of View
• Three types
1. 1st person – narrator who is involved or
witnesses the action – “I / We”
2. 2nd person – rarely seen in fiction – usually
instructional manuals – “You”
3. 3rd person – narrator who is outside of the
action and see everything – “he, she, it, and
they”
Characterization
• The act of creating or describing a character
• Writers create characters 3 ways
1. Say
2. Do
3. Think
Protagonist
• Character we are rooting for – the main
character in a piece of literature
Antagonist
• In conflict with the protagonist
• Can be another character
• Or an outside force such as the weather
Setting
• Time and place
• Setting helps establish the mood of a story
Mood
• The emotion created in the readers mind by part
or all of the story
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Middle-Earth
Hogwarts Academy
Hundred Acre Wood
Neverland
Narnia
Oz
Theme
• Central idea or perception about life that is
revealed through a literary work
• Theme is usually not stated
• It is implied
• Meaning the author wants you to figure out what
lesson you learned through the reading
Style
• The manner in which something is said or
written
• Diction (word choice)
• Sentence structure
• Recurring features
• All help reveal the author’s style
• Kind of like a personality
Irony
• 3 types
1. Dramatic – known by writer and audience but
not characters
2. Verbal – character says one thing but means
another
3. Situational – an event occurs that is contrary to
what is expected by the characters or the
audience
Conflict
• The plot revolves around some type of conflict
• 2 types
1. Internal – a struggle that takes place within the
character
2. External – a struggle that takes place between a
character and some outside force
Flashback
• Interrupts the chronological order of the story to
reveal an event that happened in the past
Foreshadowing
• Hints to events that will occur later in the story
Context Clues
• Words or phrases near a difficult word or
passage that can help you uncover the meaning.
• They help you make and educated guess
Symbol
• Things that stand for and represent both
themselves and something else