Elements of Fiction
Place or surroundings where event takes place
What is setting?
Place with unhappy ending
What is a tragedy?
Visual description
What is imagery?
To beg
What is implore?
When events violate expectations
What is situational irony?
Series/sequence of events that revolve around a central conflict
What is plot?
Long poem from an ancient oral tradition
What is an epic?
Comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Well known, respected, and admired for past achievements
What is illustrious?
When the reader/audience knows something that character(s) does not
What is dramatic irony?
Relationship between the narrator and the story
What is point of view?
A narration of the extraordinary exploits of heroes, often in exotic or mysterious settings
What is romance?
Human characteristics compared to nonliving objects
What is personification?
A plea or earnest request
What is an entreaty?
When a character speaks at length alone on stage (can either be to themselves or to the audience)
What is a soliloquy?
Moral of a story
What is theme?
Verse that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, or forces of nature
What is a fable?
Protagonist of a tragedy
What is a tragic hero?
Showing high moral standards
What is virtuous?
When what is said has a second, sometimes contradictory, meaning
What is verbal irony?
Warning of a future event
What is foreshadowing?
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
Allegory
What is an archetype?
A weapon having a blade with a lateral projection mounted on the end of the long shaft
What is a partisan?
When a character says something within earshot of another character, but the audience agrees to pretend the other character can't hear it
What is an aside?