Unit 1 Fiction Flashcards
(16 cards)
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Fiction
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Not real; fake
-Follows a plot
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Genre
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Types of writing
- Fantasy
- Poetry
- Drama
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Prose
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- Normal writing
- Not poetry
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Short story
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- Follows a plot
- Fewer conflicts
- Fewer characters than a novel
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Novel
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- Follows a plot
- Many characters
- Involved (complicated) conflicts
- More developed
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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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Has “I” “me”
Narrator is in the story
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2nd person point of view
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Has “you”
Author is talking to the reader
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3rd person point of view
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Has “he” “she” “they”
The narrator is telling about someone else/character
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Omniscient 3rd person point of view
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- Knows everything
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Limited 3rd person point of view
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- Knows limited information
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Protagonist
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- Main character
- Person dealing with the conflict
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Antagonist
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- Antagonizes the protagonist
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Setting
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- The place
- The time
- Social context
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Mood
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- Atmosphere
- Emotional sense
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Theme
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- The universal truth
- Explored throughout the writing
