Elements of Fiction
This is the when and where a story takes place.
This is the giving of human characteristics and abilities to non-humans.
The main character's "normal" life has been thrown into crisis and events leading up to facing the conflict begin to unfold.
What is rising action?
This is the group of actors in a play
.This refers to the repetition of sounds at the end of words, as in night and fright.
The is the sequence of events the story follows from beginning to end.
What is plot?
This is a comparison of 2 unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as"
.In this part of the plot, the outcome of the conflict is revealed; characters work to establish a new normal after the conflict.
This is a major division of a play, often signifies a major change in either the time or location of the action.
This is the "beat," the musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
These are the "people" who carry out the action of the story.
what are characters?
This is a figure of speech which cannot be taken literally, in order to be understood the reader must have linguistic and cultural knowledge of the writer.
What is idiom?
This is the peak of the story, the main event occurs in which the main character faces the conflict. The most action, drama, change, and excitement occurs here.
This is a subdivision of an act and allows for changes in characters, settings, and costumes.
Much like paragraphs in prose, these are groups of lines in poetry.
This is the struggle or difficulty around which the story is centered.
What is conflict?
This is the use of exaggeration to make a point.
The new normal; in this part of the plot, the conflict is over the story comes to its conclusion.
This is a conversation between 2 or more characters.
This is the pattern of rhyme that repeats across different stanzas.
This is the message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
This is saying the opposite of what you truly mean to make a point/have an effect.
This is the beginning of the story--characters, setting, and the main conflict are typically introduced.
These are instructions to the actors, director, and stage crew; may include suggestions for scenery, lighting, sound effects, and ways for the actors to move and speak.
This is language that helps the reader visualize what the author is describing; this relies heavily on sensory details.