Unit 1: Narrative Terms Flashcards

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