Realism
Writer who wrote 'Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'
Who is Shankari Chandran?
The main idea or message underneath the story
What is a theme?
Define plot
A subtle hint about how the plot develops
What is foreshadowing?
Contains Magic and Supernatural elements
What is Fantasy?
Diana Read wrote this story
What is Love & Virtue?
A figurative language technique where something is compared to something else, by using like or as.
What is simile?
Where and when the story takes place.
In the genre of Fantasy, this may a secondary (unreal) world.
What is setting?
The reader's desire to know what happens next; the feelings of suspense or anticipation
What is narrative tension?
Contains invented Science and Technology, often set in a future world
What is Science Fiction?
A phrase or expression that is overused and unoriginal
What is a cliché?
A narrator who is a character in the story they tell
What is a first-person narrator
The order or sequence of events
What is plot structure?
Figurative language that uses a concrete image to suggest an abstract idea.
For example, the colour red is a concrete image and danger is an abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
Language that evokes a mental image (visual, auditory, etc.)
What is imagery?
Define Realism (in the sense of a genre of fiction)
Fiction writing that represents reality without embellishment.
How a character is constructed.
For readers, this helps us to understand the character's personality, thoughts, behaviour and emotions.
What is characterisation?
Events, Setting and Characters are part of this
What is a story?
The author's attitude or emotions towards a subject.
Like atmosphere or mood.
What is tone?
Romance, Fantasy and Science Fiction are types.
What is fiction? What is genre?
Define flash fiction
What is a fictional prose narrative?
What is between 300-200 words, shorter and less complex than a short story, and longer than micro fiction.
Five Types of Imagery
What is visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory and visceral imagery?
Define rising action
It happens after the inciting incident which serves as a trigger for the rest of the story and before the climax.
The main character is taken into an extraordinary world outside of their normal, ordinary world. They face challenges and obstacles.
An idea or object that is repeated in a story, within an author's work or across a genre.
It gives us hints about the theme of the story.
What is motif?
A metaphor that represents an non-human thing as human
What is personification?