7371219892 | Genre | categories of books | 0 | |
7371219893 | Fiction | creative or imaginative writing | 1 | |
7371219894 | Nonfiction | writing that is true of factual | 2 | |
7371219895 | Drama | plays or scripts | 3 | |
7371219896 | Poetry | writing concerned with the beauty of language | 4 | |
7371219897 | Historical Fiction | A subgenre with a made up story set around a real event or person from history | 5 | |
7371219898 | Realistic Fiction | A subgenre with stories that could be true but aren't | 6 | |
7371219899 | Science Fiction | A subgenre that has aliens, advanced technology, or set in the future. | 7 | |
7371219900 | Fantasy | A subgenre that has monsters, magic, or super powers. | 8 | |
7371219901 | Informational Writing | A subgenre that provides facts or information. | 9 | |
7371219902 | Autobiography | A subgenre that provides one's life story written by oneself. | 10 | |
7371219903 | Biography | A subgenre that provides one's life story written by someone else. | 11 | |
7371219904 | Persuasive Writing | A subgenre meant to influence the reader. | 12 | |
7371219905 | Fable | A subgenre that is a short story with talking animals and a moral. | 13 | |
7371219906 | Myth | A subgenre that has god and goddesses: may account for the creation of something | 14 | |
7371219907 | Tall Tale | A subgenre that has a funny story set in the Wild West: main character's size or skill exaggerated | 15 | |
7371219908 | Fairy Tale | A subgenre that has magic and/or talking animals | 16 | |
7371219909 | Legend | A subgenre that a story that might be true, but is exaggerated | 17 | |
7371219910 | Setting | Time, place, and duration of story | 18 | |
7371219911 | Conflict | Problem in the story | 19 | |
7371219912 | Plot | Sequence of events (chains of events 1-6) | 20 | |
7371219913 | Theme | Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literally work | 21 | |
7371219914 | Characters | People, animals, or beings in story (anything the author chooses) | 22 | |
7371219915 | Rising Action | Events leading up to the climax | 23 | |
7371219916 | Exposition | Events before the plot is set in motion (Characters and setting) | 24 | |
7371219917 | Initiating Event | The event in the beginning that starts the action (conflict) moving toward the climax | 25 | |
7371219918 | Climax | The turning event in the story (OMG) | 26 | |
7371219919 | Falling Action | Events after the climax | 27 | |
7371219920 | Resolution | Events after the conflict is resolved Unresolved= Cliffhanger | 28 | |
7371219921 | Protagonist | The main character in a story | 29 | |
7371219922 | Antagonist | The character or group of characters that stands against the protagonist | 30 | |
7371219923 | Dynamic Character | A character who has an important inner change | 31 | |
7371219924 | Static Character | A character that does not change significantly | 32 | |
7371219925 | Flat Character | An one-dimensional character that does not display emotional depth and has a single set of traits | 33 | |
7371219926 | Round Character | A well-developed lifelike character with realistic emotions, conflicting feelings and multiple traits | 34 | |
7371219927 | Internal Conflict | A conflict that happens within the character usually dealing with their emotions | 35 | |
7371219928 | External Conflict | A conflict that happens with something or someone around the character | 36 | |
7371219929 | Individual vs. Individual | The central character faces opposition from another character | 37 | |
7371219930 | Individual vs. Self | The central character faces an internal struggle | 38 | |
7371219931 | Individual vs. Society | The central character or group of characters battles against traditions, institutions, or laws | 39 | |
7371219932 | Individual vs. Nature | The central character struggles against animals, the elements, or other natural forces | 40 | |
7371219933 | Individual vs. Supernatural | The central character is challenged by forces that are not of this world | 41 | |
7371219934 | Individual vs. Technology | The central character struggles with or against the forces of technology | 42 | |
7371219936 | Connotation | The emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word Ex: You have an odor. Odor= Negative Feeling | 43 | |
7371219937 | Denotation | The strict dictionary meaning of a word | 44 | |
7371219941 | Context Clues | Clues that help you determine the unfamiliar words. (5 specific types: example, definition, inference, antonym, or synonym clue) | 45 | |
7371219942 | Author's Purpose | The reason why the author is writing the story (persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe) *any other synonyms! | 46 | |
7371219943 | Tone | The attitude with which the speaker or narrator treats his or her subject. | 47 | |
7371219944 | Mood | How the reader is supposed to feel when reading the work | 48 | |
7371219953 | Antonyms | Words that mean the opposite Example: Cold and Hot | 49 | |
7371219956 | Inference | A conclusion drawn from evidence or reasoning (Educated guess!) | 50 | |
7371219961 | Synonym | Word that have similar meanings | 51 | |
7929917275 | Dialogue | is a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation (talking) with each other. "____" | 52 | |
7929920077 | Narrator | A person who tells a story; in literature the voice that an author takes on to tell a story. | 53 | |
7929929018 | Point of View | is the perspective of the story or who is telling the story | 54 | |
7929932167 | 1st person (POV) | The narrator tell I or my story | 55 | |
7929935251 | 2nd person (POV) | The narrator tell you or your story (instructions) | 56 | |
7929938835 | 3rd person objective (POV) | The narrator describes the story from outside: DOES NOT reveal any character's thoughts or feelings | 57 | |
7929946269 | 3rd person limited (POV) | The narrator tells his or her story and REVEALS ONE CHARACTER'S thoughts or feelings | 58 | |
7929951498 | 3rd person omniscient (POV) | The narrator tells his or her story and REVEALS MORE THAN ONE CHARACTER"S thoughts or feelings | 59 | |
7929964841 | Verbal Irony | A character says one thing but means the opposite (sarcasm or being sarcastic) | 60 | |
7929971787 | Dramatic Irony | When the reader understands more about the events of a story than a character | 61 | |
7929974990 | Situational Irony | When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected | 62 |
Unit 1: Narrative Terms Flashcards
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