Composition
Revealing something from the future plot
What is foreshadowing
An imagery that compares something to something else using the words "as" or "like"
What is simile
A story told from the perspective of the protagonist
What is 1.person narrator
The main character of a story
What is a protagonist
A type of setting that adds no meaning to the story
What is a backdrop setting
Starting action of the story with no explanation
What is in medias res
A recurring image in a story
What is motif
A story told by a narrator with a focus on one of the characters
What is 3rd person limited narrator
A character designed to be a direct contrast to the main character
What is an antagonist
Name at least two aspects that constitute a setting
What are time, place, social environment, cultural environment, etc
Telling the action of the story in a chronological way
What is linear narration
An image that exists outside specific narratives as a universal and known image
What is symbol
A narrator whom we do not trust
What is an unrealiable narrator
A character designed to be someone by whom we measure morally correct behaviour
What is a yardstick character
A setting which may be highly metaphorical and integrated into the meaning of the story
What is an integral setting
A mode of narrating very slowly with attention to all plot details. Dialogue, for instance, is very slow action
What is scenic narration
An image that gives human traits to non-human objects
What is personification
A point a view that addresses the reader
What is a 2.person narration
A set of opposing terms to assess whether a character develops or remains the same
What is a static versus a dynamic character
What is a setting which can be fictional, but does not defy social or natural laws.
What is a realistic setting
Telling the story in a very quick and compact way that may embrace much time and cover many places in very little narrative time
What is panoramic
A type of metaphorical story in which characters and events stand for something else
What is an allegory
A 1.person narrator who is not the protagonist but part of the story in minor way that the central characters
What is a first person peripheral narrator
A set of opposing terms to designate whether a character is very simply designed as a type or designed as a multilayered human
What is a flat versus a rounded character
A type of setting found in for instance fantasy and sf genres that requires much precision since it defies many know rules of nature and society
What is a constructed world/world building