Unit 1 Fiction Flashcards by Alex Burdiss

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Genre

A

Categories of writing.

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Fiction

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Made up, or not real. Follows a plot.

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Prose

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Normal writing, not poetry.

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Short story

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Characters not as developed, one main character, one conflict.

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Novel

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Many characters, well developed, many conflicts.

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Point of view

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Perspective from which the story is told.

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1st person point of view

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Told by a character

“I” “me”

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2nd person point of view

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Told to the reader
“you”
Instructions

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3rd person point of view

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“he “she” “they”

Narrator tells a story about someone else

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Omniscient third person point of view

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Knows everything, all knowing.

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Limited third person point of view

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Limited knowledge.

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Protagonist

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Main character

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Antagonist

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Antagonizes the protagonist

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Setting

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Place
Time
Social context

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Mood

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The atmosphere or the sense of emotion created

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Theme

Study These Flashcards

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Universal truth

Explored throughout the whole story