Elements of Fiction Flashcards
(28 cards)
Exposition
Introduces characters, setting, and conflicts
Rising Action
Provides complications, twists, or intensifications of the conflicts.
Climax
The emotional high point of the story; the turning point.
Falling Action
All the events that come after the climax
Resolution
The final outcome of the major conflict
Characters
The people (or animals, things, etc. presented as people) appearing in a literary work
Protagonists
The main character of a literaryeork, around whom the main conflict revolves
Antagonist
A person or force that opposes the protagonist of a literary work
Dynamic Character
Characters that experience some change in personality,attitude,etc… Durong the course of the story
Static Character
Characters that remanin the same from beginning to end.
Round Character
Characters that are complex and have many sides. They often have unpredictable behavior because their personalities are fully developed
Flat Characters
Characters that reveal only one personality trait. They are often stereotypes and can be summed up in a few words (ex.”bad guy” “good guy” “the lone ranger”)
Setting
The time and place in which a literary work occurs
Conflict
The struggle between opposing forces in a literary work.
Internal Conlfict
Conflict that takes place within the mind of a character.
External Conflict
Conflict between a cahracter and an outside force. A) Person vs. Person B) Person vs. Nature C) Person vs Society D) Person vs. Fate E) Person vs. Technology F) Person vs. Supernatural
Theme
The universal idea or message of a literary work.
E.g “the moral of the story”
Point of View
The narrator’s view if the events of a literary work
A) First Person- The narrator is a character in the story, refereed to as “I”
B) Third Person(he/she/etc.)
1) Third Person limited- the narrator reveals the thoughts, feelings, and onservations of only one character
2) Third Person Omniscient- the “all-knowing” narrator can describe the thoughts, feelings, and observations of any character, and can reveal information unknown to the characters
C) Second Person- Rarely used, the narrator will narrate directly to the reader (“you”) as if he/she were a character in the story
Irony
A contrast between appearance and reality when reality is the opposite if what it seems or is expected.
Allegory
A work with two levels of meaning; a literal one and a symbolic one. Characters, objects, settings, and events represent or stand for something greater: ex. Animal Farm
Symbol
A person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself
Mood
The feeling or atmosphere that yhe writer creates for the reader.
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things, but have something in common
Plot
Plot is he sequence of events in a story
