Analysing fiction Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
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Three types of fiction

A

prose
poetry
drama

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2
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Fiction texts have what element

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creative element

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3
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tend to use

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literary devices.

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4
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Bildungsroman type of

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prose

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5
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Science fiction is a genre of

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prose

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6
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Aldous Huxley write dytopians?

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yes

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7
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based on real events

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historical fiction

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8
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historical fiction prose?

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yes

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9
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Wrote Wolf Hall

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Hilary Mantel

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10
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Ian McEwan - known for his prose fiction in the genre?

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Realist

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11
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Orwell known for his prose fiction in the genre?

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Dystopian

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12
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Fiction is usually made up or real?

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Made up

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13
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Most prose fiction is presented in the form of ..x3

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novel, novella or short story.

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14
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The word ‘novel’ means

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Latin new

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15
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Novella how many plot lines?

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Usually have one plot-line.

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16
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Novels divided into?

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Are often divided into chapters.

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17
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Genre mean

18
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Bildungsroman develops

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Prose language

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place and time

21
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Setting is an important part of a how a text achieves its

22
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Setting can echo the themes of the

23
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A party scene from the Great Gatsby

presents the narrator as an

24
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Has the feel of a film

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Cataracts
A waterfall.
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Technique where the environment (usually the weather) reflects the emotions of the main character.
pathetic fallacy
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Theme synonym
ideas
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Themes directly or indirectly?
Both
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Working out themes look for three things
language choice, setting and characters.
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Lord of the flies main theme
loss of innocence
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power a theme?
yes
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easiest ways to spot themes is through
motifs
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motif is a repeated
Image
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Skellig by
David Almond
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Looking deeper for themes?
Interference
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Your Shoes by
Michelle Roberts
37
A comparison made
Metaphor
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The teller of a story
Narrator
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When someone is away from their home country and is refused permission to return.
Exile
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Reading between the lines
Interference
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Adjective word
Describing
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Light bulb flicking on and off represent
Life and death