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genre

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Is one of the types or categories into which literary works are divided

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Major genres of literature include:

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Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Drama

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Fiction

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Tells an invented or imaginary story

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Novel

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  • Long work of fiction
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Short story

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  • brief works of fiction
  • a short story is carefully crafted to develop a plot, characters, setting, mood, and theme, all within relatively few pages
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Novella

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A short novel or a long short story

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Plot

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The series of events to a central conflict, or struggle

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A plot typically introduces…

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A conflict, develops it, and eventually resolves it

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A plot contains the following elements

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Exposition
Rising actuon
Climax
Falling action
Resolution

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Exposition

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  • Introduction
  • sets the tone or mood
  • characters and setting
  • Provides background info
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Rising action

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  • the conflict is developed and intensified
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climax

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  • crisis
  • high point of interest in a literary work
  • turning point of the action
  • the point in which the rising action ends and the falling action begins
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falling action

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  • consists of all the events that follow the climax
  • tensions ease as the conflict begins to be resolved
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resolution

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  • “denouement”
  • it is the point at which the central conflict is ended or resolved
  • loose ends are tired
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characters

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  • is an individual that takes part in the action of a literary work
  • a character is usually a person but also may be a personified plant, animal, object, or imaginary creature
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main character

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  • Is also know as the protagonist
  • he or she is the most important character in the work and is in conflict with the antagonist
  • plays a significant role in a literary work
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minor characters

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play lesser roles in a literary work but help support the plot

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flat character

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shows only one quality, or character trait

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round character

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shows the multiple character traits of a real person.

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round character

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shows the multiple character traits of a real person

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static character

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does not change during the course of the action

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dynamic character

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changes throughout the story

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protagonist

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the main character in a literary work

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antagonist

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character or force in opposition or in conflict with a main character or protagonist

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characterization
- the act of creating or describing a character
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three techniques of characterization
1. Showing that characters say, do, or think 2. Showing what characters say or think about them 3. Describing what physical feature, dress, and personality the characters display
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There are two types of characterization:
a. indirect characterization b. direct characterization
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Indirect characterization
the writers shows what a character is like and allows the reader to judge the character.
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direct characterization
the writer tells what the character is like.
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setting
- time and place
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conflict
also known as crisis, is the struggle between two forces in a literary work
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internal conflict
the main character struggles against some elements within himself or herself ◦ character vs. self
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external conflict
the main character struggles against an external source ◦ character vs. character ◦ character vs, nature ◦ character vs. society ◦ character vs. technology
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pov
- vantage point from which a story is told - who is telling the story.
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first person pov
the story is told from someone who participates in or witnesses the action of the story. This narrator uses the pronouns I, we, me, us, my, mine.
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Third person pov
- the narrator stands outside of the action of the story and observes. - This narrator uses the pronouns he, she, it, they, them, their
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Limited point of view:
the narrator only sees into the mind of one character; the thoughts of a single character are revealed.
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Omniscient point of view:
the narrator sees into the mind of all characters; the thoughts of all the characters are revealed.
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theme
- Central message
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Stated theme
theme that is presented directly
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implied theme
theme that must be inferred
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universal theme
is a message about life that can be understood by people of most cultures
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foreshadowing
technique of hinting at events that will occur later in the story
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flashback
- interrupts the chronological sequence or flow of a literary work and presents an event that occurred earlier. - Writers use flashback to provide background information about characters or situations.
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symbol
anything that stands for or represent both itself or something else.
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conventional symbol
is one with traditional, widely recognized associations