Literary Genres
Writing that is based on factual reality
Non-fiction
A problem between characters.
Person v Person
Fantasy is apart of this subgenre
Fiction
Central message which is the underlying meaning or message of a story
Theme
The acted performance of a story that involves action and dialogue between its characters
Drama
A problem within a character's own mind..
Person v Self
Has aliens, robot, futuristic technology and/or space ships
Science Fiction
A way the author provides clues about possible future events in a story
Foreshadowing
This introduces characters and settings while setting the stage for events to come
Exposition
Writing that includes made-up stories, events, and people
Fiction
Conflict that deals with a character struggling against machines or other devices with artificial intelligence.
Person v Technology
This drama subgenre is serious and often sad
Tragedies
Secondary to the main plot
Subplot
This introduces problems which build suspense and is when the plot "thickens."
Rising Action
Writing that creatively expresses feelings, experiences, or ideas and use meter/rhyme
Poetry
A problem between a character and some element of nature - a blizzard, a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc.
Person v Nature
This is the latin root word for self
Auto
Highest point of action in a story
Climax
Time and place of action for a literary work
Setting
An element of a literary genre that goes in depth of different types of the specific genre
Subgenre
Conflict that have characters attempt to break free of the fixed path set before them
Person v Destiny (Fate)
Has 14 lines and written in iambic pentameter
A Sonnet
The final outcome of a story
Resolution
Exposition is also known as what?
Introduction