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fiction term
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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short story | a brief work of fiction |
plot | sequence of events in a literary |
exposition | a witing or speed that explains a process or present |
narrative hook/inciting | attention grabber introduces the conflict |
rising action | all the events |
climax | the highest point of interest |
falling action | follows the climax |
denouement/resolution | tying up of loose ends |
conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
internal conflict | inside oneself man vs. himself |
external conflict | outside oneself-man vs. man |
flat character | show only one trait( 2-d) |
roud character | show many |
static character | doesn,t change |
dynamic | the main character/hero/heroine |
protagonist | the maindev |
indirect characterization | provides clues |
point of view | perspective of the person |
allusion | a reference to a well-known person place event |
dialogue | conversation between character |
irony | portrays differences between appearance |
verbal irony | when word are used to suggest |
situational irony | when events occur |
mood/atmosphere | the feeling created in work |
narrator | person telling the story |
setting | where and when the story takes place |
suspense | a feeling of uncertainty |
theme | the underlying point |
tone | a writer,s attitud |
symbol | anything that stand for something else |
figurative language | not meant to be interpreted lierally |