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Elements of a Novel
Genres of Literature
Writing
Techniques
Figurative language
Pot Luck
100
the time and lace of a narrative
What is setting?
100
Any writing that is invented, imagines, or untrue
What is fiction?
100
Writing or speaking that tells about a series of related events
What is narration?
100
"Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible."
What is a simile?
100
A situation in which there is a great difference between the purpose of a specific action and its result.
What is (situational) irony?
200
The relationship of the author to the narrative
What is point of view?
200
Prose narrative that tells about actual events or presents factual information
What is nonfiction?
200
Type of writing that is aimed at convincing the reader to think or act in a certain way
What is persuasion?
200
"Ther is within me ...a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destrction..."
What is metaphor?
200
A technique used which gives hints which help the reader predict the outcome of a situation or narration.
What is foreshadowing?
300
The main character takes some action to resolve the conflict and meets with more problems
What is falling action?
300
A narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
What is tragedy?
300
Type of writing intended to create a mood or emotion, or to recreate a person, place, thing, event, or experience.
What is description?
300
"Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance."
What is personification?
300
The technique used in narration and screenplays in which a scene is depicted which happened before the current action in the narration
What is flashback?
400
This is the outcome of the conflict
What is resolution?
400
Written or spoken language that is not poetry
What is prose?
400
Type of writing that explains, informs, defines, or clarifies an idea.
What is exposition?
400
"My teacher is so old that she taught cave men how to start a fire."
What is hyperbole?
400
The manner in which the author reveals his characters and their various personalities (through the character's actions, his words, or his resolution).
What is characterization?
500
The main idea or meaning of a work of literature
What is theme?
500
Unwritten stories of a certain culture, passed down from generationto generation
What is folk literaure?
500
writing technique used most in poetry
What is description?
500
Lanuage that evokes the senses
What is imagery?
500
the main character and the opposing character
What are the protagonist and antagonist?