NARRATIVE WRITIBG Flashcards
(36 cards)
FICTION
LITERATURE THAT DESCRIBES IMAGINARY EVENTS AND PEOPLE.
TONE
IS THE MOOD IMPLIED BY THE WRITER USING THEIR CHOICE OF WORDS AND THE WAY THE TEXT CAN MAKE THE READER FEEL.
SUMMARISE
TO EPXRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS OR POINTS ABOUT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IN A SHORT AND CLEAR MANNER.
THEME
THE MAIN IDEA IN A PIECE OF LITERATURE OR ART.
FOR EXAMPLE A POEM CAN HAVE A THEME OF LOVE.
CHARACTERISATION
IT IS THE REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS OR CREATURE IN NARRATIVE OR DRAMATIC WRITING.
NARRATIVE WRITING
IT IS A STORY OR ACCOUNT OF CONNECTED EVENTS WHETHER TRUE OS FICTICIOUS.
NON-NARRATIVE WRITING
IT IS NOT A STORY, IT IS STRUCTURED WRITING WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BODY AND CONCLUSION THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE READERS.
NARRATOR
THE PERSON WHO GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF EVENTS, OR THE PERSON WHO TELLS THE STORY.
SCRIPT
i) WRITTEN VERSION OF A PLAY OR MOVIE.
ii) WRITTEN VERSION OF THE EXACT WORDS THAT WILL BE USED IN A SPEECH, MEETING OR AUDITION.
STORY ARC
IT IS THE PREGRESSION THROUGH FIVE STAGES WHICH MAPS THE SHAPE OF THE STORY:
- THE ESPOSITION
- RISING ACTION
- CLIMAX
- FALLING ACTION
- RESOLUTION
GENRE
A PARTICULAR TYPE OF LITERATURE, ART OR MUSIC, WHICH IS CLASSIFIED BY ITS SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS.
SETTING
THE TIME, PLACE AND CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH SOMETHING OCCURS OR IN WHICH A STORY TAKES PLACE.
ADVERB
A WORD OR PHRASE THAT MODIFIES ANOTHER WORD ESPECIALLY A VERB.
PREPOSITION
A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS USED BEFORE A NOUN TO SHOW DIRECTION, PLACE , TIME, LOCATION AND SPACIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
PRONOUN
A WORD THAT CAN BE USED INPLACE OF A NOUN OR NOUN PHRASE.
PLOT
THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT MAKE UP A STORY.
PLOT HOOK
IT IS A LITERARY TECHNIQUE OF MAKING AN OPENING TO A STORY ONE THAT CAPTURES THE READER’S ATTENTION SO THAT THEY WILL KEEP READING.
CHARACTER
REFERS TO SOMEONE’S PERSONALITY, THE WAY SOMEONE THINKS, FEELS AND BEHAVES.
CLIMAX
THE MOST INTENSE, ESCITING OR IMPOTANT POINT IN A STORY.
RESOLUTION
ALSO KNOW AS THE DENOUEMENT IS THE CONCLUSION OF A STRY’S PLOT, WHICH COMES AFTER THE CLIMAX AND THE FALLING ACTION.
METAPHOR
FIGURE OF SPEECH ( SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE) IN WHICH A PHRASE IS USED TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING IN A WAY THAT IS NOT LITERALLY APLICABLE.
LITERAL
TAKING WORDS OR PHRASES IN THEIR MOST BASIC SENSE, WITHOUT EXAGGERATION.
CONTRAST
TO COMPARE TWO OR MORE PEOPLE OR OBJECTS SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM.
IN LITERATURE, CONTRAST IS A RHETORIC DEVICE USED BY WRITERS TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO OR MORE TANGIBLE OR ABSTRUCT ENTITIES SUCH AS CHARACTERS, SETTING OR OPINIONS.
PREDICTION
USING EVIDENCE IN A TEXT TO SHOW WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT OR HOW A CHARACTER MAY BEHAVE.