flash fiction

Question 1

narrator

Answer 1

from latin
(n.) the person who gives an oral or written account of a story
first person (i), second person (you,), third person (he, she, they)

Question 2

tense

Answer 2

from latin and old french
(n.) a set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time of the action in relation to the time it is being described.
present tense (i am), past tense (i was)

Question 3

fiction

Answer 3

from latin
(n.) literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

Question 4

memoir

Answer 4

from french for memory
(n.) a historical or biographical account written from personal experience

Question 5

extended metaphor

Answer 5

from greek for to transfer
(n.) a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

Question 6

imagery

Answer 6

from french imager (to create an image)
(n.) descriptive language that develops the reader’s 5 senses in a work of literature

Question 7

tension

Answer 7

from latin to stretch
(n.) mental or emotional strain

Question 8

cohesion

Answer 8

from latin cleaving together
(n.) the action of forming a united whole