Name that Genre
Common tropes of this genre include good vs evil, the reluctant hero, and the quest for knowledge or power?
Fantasy
In this stage the hero’s story begins; establishes the hero as an ordinary citizen in this world and we learn about the hero’s life, struggles, inner or outer demons
Ordinary World
You use this to bring your reader into an experience. The 5 senses are your friend.
Sensory Details
Mad Scientists, Haunted Houses, Magic are all examples of this term.
Tropes
In writing, you use this type of punctuation to make the reader aware that characters are speaking.
Quotation Marks.
Developing the setting, building suspense, and making the audience feel dread are all common aspects of what genre?
Horror
This is the moment of the hero’s greatest challenge, where they face a major obstacle or enemy and must overcome it to continue their journey.
The Ordeal
Perspective is also called this
Point of View
What subgenre is this film clip?
Low Fantasy
An image, character, or pattern of circumstances that recurs throughout literature and thought consistently enough to be considered a universal concept or situation.
Archetype
This genre takes a look at the inner self
In this stage the hero leaves behind the known world and crosses into the unknown, often encountering tests, trials, and challenges along the way
Crossing the Threshold
This refers to how fast or slow a story is moving for the reader.
Pacing
The author's commentary on a topic or larger meaning present in a work of fiction.
Theme
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Genre
This genre focuses on societal fears.
Horror
In this stage the hero experiences a moment of death and rebirth, often symbolized by a physical or metaphorical transformation
Resurrection
An attitude, value,or belief that drives many of a character’s pivotal choices and causes that character to behave certain ways in certain situations.
Core Drive or Character Motivation
What's going on inside your point-of-view character's head, i.e., their thoughts and their feelings
Character Interiority
A literary concept meaning the repetitive use of a word, plot device, theme, image, or figure by an author. This may be specific to a genre.
Trope
This genre focuses on what it means to be human.
Sci-fi
The hero approaches the heart of darkness, often facing their greatest fears and challenges in this stage of the Hero's Journey.
Approach the Inmost Cave
The way verbs are used in a piece to indicate whether the piece is written in the past or present.
Narrative Tenses
This genre uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices.
Satire
A method of notetaking in which you comment on specific quotes from the text in order to gain a deeper understanding.
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