Narrative Terms
The implicit description of a character
The repeated use of the same sound at the beginning of words
What is ALLITERATION?
A type or category of literature
What is genre?
The series of events which take place during a story
What is PLOT?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a NOUN?
The main character in a story
What is a PROTAGONIST?
An EXTREME EXAGERRATION
What is HYPERBOLE?
A made-up story that COULD happen in real life
What is REALISTIC FICTION?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is POINT OF VIEW?
Replaces a noun
What is a PRONOUN?
A character who DOES grow over the course of the story.
What is a DYNAMIC CHARACTER?
What is IMAGERY?
What is FANTASY?
The big idea in a story
What is THEME?
Tells you whether a noun is general or specific
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When the person telling the story can't be totally trusted to tell the whole truth
When the author gives human qualities or capabilities to a non-human object
What is PERSONIFICATION?
Tells the true story of ANOTHER person's life
What is BIOGRAPHY?
The people and institutions in a story
What are CHARACTERS?
Tells you where or when something exists relative to something else
What is a PREPOSITION?
When the narrator knows EVERY characters' thoughts and feelings
What is OMNISCIENT 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
When the author places two opposites next to one another to highlight their differences.
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
A made-up story which takes place in the past
What is HISTORICAL FICTION?
The central problem in a story, often written in the format "Man vs. __"
What is CONFLICT?
Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
What is an ADVERB?