Narrative Story Elements - page 3&4 Flashcards
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Any reason or force that makes a character behave in a certain way.
Motivation
-In fiction, when a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about himself or herself; a moment of truth
Epiphany
A struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
Types of Conflict
External / Internal
Involves a struggle between a character and an outside force.
External Conflict
Four Types of External Conflict
- Character vs. Character: -pits one character against another.
- Character vs. a Force of Nature (Setting)
- Man vs. Supernatural –pits one character against gods, demons, super heroes, etc.
- Man vs. Society –pits one character against laws or beliefs of a group, could involve poverty, politics, social norms, expectations or values
Character vs. Self
-takes pace in a character’s mind. (feelings, conscience, or fears)
Internal Conflict
-A central message, concern, or insight into life expressed through a literary work
Theme
-Use clues from the story & your own knowledge to guess about things that the author doesn’t say directly.
Inference
Inform, persuade, entertain, inspire
Author’s Purpose
the way the author uses words, phrases, and sentences.
Some words to describe style: Descriptive, Thoroughly-developed, Academic, Formal, Informal, Business-like, Personal, Conversational,
Author’s Style
- the author’s attitude toward the subject.
- must be inferred through the use of descriptive words
- word choices will reveal his perspective/opinion (feeling positive or negative) about the subject
Tone
Bitter, Serious, Witty, Playful, Tender, Sympathetic, Haunting
Mysterious, Suspenseful
Some words to describe tone
- the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for readers
- can be described as exciting, somber, terrifying, cheerful, carefree
Mood
- descriptions of setting (abandoned house, storm night)
- Imagery can effect emotion and establish mood
- descriptions of character’s speech or feelings about the setting and conflict
- Character’s reaction often reflects mood.
Identifying Mood
Cheerful, Relieved, Gloomy, Bleak, Uncertain, Bittersweet, Relaxed, Lazy, Hopeless, Tense
Some words to describe mood
-Explaining a complex idea using easier ideas by putting it in your own words.
Paraphrase
-techniques that writers use to make a story more interesting and to enhance the experience for the reader
Devices
- An author’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
- Not all foreshadowing is obvious. Frequently, future events are merely hinted at through dialogue, description, or the attitudes and reactions of the characters.
Foreshadowing
- It builds suspense by raising questions that encourage the reader to go on and find out more about the event that is being foreshadowed.
- Makes a narrative more believable by partially preparing the reader for events which are to follow.
Foreshadowing
-Two Purposes
- That quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events, makes the reader ask “What will happen next?”
- Suspense is greatest when it focuses attention on a sympathetic character.
Suspense
-an ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense
Cliffhanger
A scene in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem that interrupts the action to show an event that happened at an earlier time.
Flashback
-paints pictures in your mind by appealing to any of the senses –taste, touch, sight, sound, smell
Imagery
