Literary Forms
Writer Techniques
Figurative Language
Literary Vocabulary
Plot Diagram
100
a "made up" story which has as setting a specific and recognizable historical time period which could not have been during the author's lifetime.
What is Historical fiction
100
Things happen in 3's. You should be on the lookout for: 3 related events, 3 connected characters, 3 rules, 3 punishments, 3 objects, 3 relationships which are compared and contrasted.
What is The Rule of 3
100
the comparison of two unlike things to suggest things which they have in common
What is Metaphor
100
time (date, time of day, season) and place
What is Setting
100
setting, characters, main conflicts are introduced to the reader; this is the beginning of a novel or story and may be short or long, but is always flat (little action or emotion).
What is Introduction or Exposition
200
a "made up" story which uses a collage of documents, in addition to dialogue and narration, to help to tell the story.
What is Documentary fiction
200
characters appear throughout the novel, or in a major section of it - they are involved in the important actions and conflicts.
What is Major
200
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is Simile
200
what happens, concretely, as though it were placed on a history time line.
What is Plot
200
the round characters are developed, the conflicts are increased and acted out in many ways, motives are introduced, things happen; generally, the major part of a novel or story.
What is Rising Action
300
originally, a story which used the science of the future as a major element of plot or setting.
What is Science fiction
300
characters enter the novel for a specific reason and may then not be heard of again - or they may exist throughout the novel "in the shadow" of the major character - they may be involved in a conflict with a major character and are essential to the plot, but only so that something can be learned or shown about the major character.
What is Minor
300
the description of an inanimate object as if it were a human being or an animal
What is Personification
300
one specific thing which happens in a plot.
What is Incident
300
the "high point" of a story in which the major conflicts erupt in some kind of final showdown (fight, argument, violent or physical action, very tense emotional moment...); at the end of the climax, the "winner" will be clear (there is not always a winner!).
What is Climax
400
originally "oral tradition stories," memorized and passed from person to person through the telling, these tend to have messages for the listener to decipher and definite similarities in plot, characters, and settings.
What is Folklore, folk tale, fairy tale
400
Characters have many sides - they grow or change in several ways - they think and react on many levels - they are central to the story, its conflicts, and its final message - we care about them and tend to react along with them to the things that happen.
What is Round
400
a paragraph or longer of description which builds upon an initial metaphor, often bringing several of the senses (sight, sound, touch, hearing, taste) into play.
What is Extended metaphor
400
the answer to this question: What is this all about?
What is Theme
400
what events immediately follow the climax; a kind of "cleaning up."
What is Falling Action
500
novels and stories which are "real" in that they take place in a time and place like a present, or recent past, time and place, have plots which are possible, and have characters which are believable as real people.
What is Realistic Fiction
500
There are 3 ways of telling a story:
What is Narration
500
an obvious and unrealistic exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
500
the overall feeling created by a piece of writing.
What is Mood or atmosphere or tone
500
where everything ends; the reader may have some sense of "closure" or may be asked to think about what might come next; in fairy tales, the Happy Ending; in some novels, you will read about the characters many years later.
What is Resolution
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