Narrative Story Elements - page 1&2 Flashcards
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Where and when the action takes place, includes the place and the time period
- can clarify conflict, illuminate character, affect the mood, and act as a symbol.
-can be an antagonist in a person-against-nature conflict.
-types: Backdrop (of minor importance) Integral (Important)
Where and when the action takes place, includes the place and the time period
- can clarify conflict, illuminate character, affect the mood, and act as a symbol.
-can be an antagonist in a person-against-nature conflict.
-List 2 types:
Setting
- Backdrop (of minor importance)
- Integral (Important)
A representation of the speech patterns of a particular region or social group
Dialect
-refers to a person or an animal in a story, play or other literary work.
Character
-is the main character in a story. The story often revolves around this character.
Protagonist
Major
-is the force or character who opposes the protagonist.
Antagonist
Major
-the character who provides a contrast to the protagonist
Foil
-a character who possesses expected traits of a group rather than being an individual
stereotype
- are present, generally named and have a role that in some way highlights the protagonist.
- only one or two striking qualities, usually all good or all bad, may be interesting but lack depth, not developed
Minor Characters
-changes as a result of the events of the story.
Dynamic Character
-changes very little or not at all through the literary work.
Static Character
-has both good and bad character qualities
Round Character
-has one or two character qualities
Flat Character
A writer reveals what a character is like and how the character changes throughout the story.
Characterization
Narrator’s direct comments. (Direct)
-Character’s physical appearance (Indirect)
Character’s thoughts, speech, and action (Indirect)
Other character’s reaction (Indirect)
Methods of Characterization
-conversation between characters, usually set off with quotation marks, make stories more interesting and realistic.
Dialogue
A writers choice of narrator.
List 2 Types:
Point of View
- First and Third
The narrator is a character in the story
Uses the words I, me, and my to refer to himself or herself
Tells his or her own thoughts, opinions, and feelings
Does not know what other characters are thinking and feeling.
First Person POV
Use of the imperative mood and the pronouns you, your, and yours to address a reader or listener directly, rarely serves as a narrative voice in fiction, it does appear in letters, speeches, and other forms of nonfiction, including many types of business writing and technical writing.
Second Person POV
uses “he,” “she,” or “it” - The author is telling about the characters. The narrator is not a character in the story.
Third Person POV
We are told the thoughts and feelings of only one character (sometimes, but very seldom, of two or three characters).
Third Person Limited POV
The narrator can only relate to the reader what is seen or heard. A good writer can tell a completely objective story in such a way that the reader is able to determine the feelings and sometimes even the thoughts of the characters through what those characters say and do, even though the thoughts and feelings are never described.
She arrived panting at the bus stop when the bus was already long gone. She looked at her watch and swore. “Very warm blankets,” she said. “Very warm, purring cat.” She sighed and walked along the sidewalk in the direction of her office building.
Third Person Objective POV
We are told everything about the story, including the thoughts and feelings of all the characters, and even information in the author’s mind which no character knows.
Third Person Omniscient POV
-narrative organizational pattern based on time
Chronological Order
- The action of a story – sequence of events
- typically includes five stages Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Plot
