Literature
Literature that is not true.
Fiction
What happens in the exposition?
Introduces the essential background information prior to the action; Includes setting, atmosphere, amin characters, and possible flashbacks.
Short literary composition on a single subject; usually presents personal views of the author
Essay
Humorous, author mocks human weakness
Satire
The time, location, environment in which the characters live in
Setting
Literature that is true.
Non-fiction
What are the complications in a plotline?
They are events that transpire to make the confluct harder to resolve.
Nonfiction story about someone's life written by themselves.
Autobiography
Copy style, makes fun of it, conscious imitation
Parody
An award for one work
Pulitzer prize
What is the climax?
The major turning point of a storyl
A long, unified fiction story that deals with relations among characters and how they change.
Novel
Serious subject, conflict of forces, ends in catastrophe
Tragedy
First person
Lifetime achievement award
Nobel Prize
What are the rising and falling actions?
The events before and after the climax.
Nonfiction story about someone's life, written by another person.
Biography
The protagonist goes from good to bad
Comedy
The narrator telling the story knows everything there is to know about the characters and their problems. They are "all knowning" because the narrator can tell us about the past and all the characters' feelings. The narrator is not in the story; a "God-like" observer.
Omniscient identification
What are the steps of a plotline (in order, all 6)
Exposition, complications, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
What is the resolution?
The solution to the story.
Less detailed, condensed, can be read in one sitting and united by usually one main character and setting.
Short story
_____ is a piece of literature that is too short to be a novel but too long to be a short story.
The degree to which the setting seems real or true
Verisimilitude