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English 1102 Fiction
Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Character | The representation of a person in a narrative work of art; a reasonable facsimile of a human being presented in a dramatic or narrative work. |
| Character (motivation) | the internal make-up/motivation that drives an individual's choices, particularly under pressure. |
| Characterization | the sum of observable qualities of an individual; everything knowable through careful examination; a method to reveal the personality of a character. |
| Setting | the context in which the action of the story occurs in time, place, circumstances, and social environment. |
| Plot | A series of lifelike actions or incidents that are chronological in design and cause & effect in nature. |
| Point of view | the manner in which the storyteller tells the story |
| Third-person narrator | non-participant |
| Omniscient | takes us inside the character(s) |
| Limited omniscient | takes us inside one or two characters |
| Objective | stays outside the character |
| First-person narrator | participant reveals one character's consciousness. |
| Theme | The central ideal of a work |
| Symbolism | the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities |
| Tone | the author's implicit attitude towards the people, places, and events in the story |
| Style | the distinct manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects |
| Diction | A writer's choice or words |
| Irony | A means of indirection a technique that reveals a reality different from what appears to be true |
| Verbal Irony | language that states the opposite of what is intended |
| Dramatic Irony | Creates a discrepancy between what a character believes or says & what the reader understands to be true |
| Situation Irony | An incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. |
| Protagonist (often the hero) | The man character around whom most of the story revolves |
| Antagonist | The character who propels the protagonist forward; the force in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, opposes, or challenges the main character from living "happily ever after." This is often the villain but could be a force of nature,illness,animal |
| Major | the main characters who dominate the story; typically, there are only one or two major characters |
| Minor | supporting characters who help tell the major character's tale by letting major characters interact and reveal their personalities, situations and stories; they are usually static (unchanging) |
| Dynamic | Changing; develops throughout the story |
| Static | unchanging nature; remains the same thoughout the work |
| Foil | Character in story who sets off the main character or others by comparison. Can be the opposite of the major character, so the major's virtues and strengths are that much "brighter" in reflection. |
| Round | a 3D character who possesses more than one facet to their personality and vivid traits. |
| Flat | 1D character who is only viewed through one side and does NOT possess vivid traits. |
| Allegory | Narrative that acts as an extended metaphor in which people, abstract ideas, or events represent not only themselves on the literal level. stand for something else on the symbolic level; underlying meaning has social, religious, or political significance. |
| Metaphor | language that implies a comparison between 2 non-similar things,which actually have something important in common; used in order to realize or uncover new and different meaning |
| Imagery | Set of mental pics or images; the use of vivid or figurative languages to represent objects, cations, or ideas |
| Personification | figure of speech where animals, ideas, or inanimate objects are give human characteristics, traits, abilities or reactions |
| Connotation | an association that comes along with a particular word; it relates to the ideas or qualities that are implied by that word NOT actual meaning |
| Denotation | A word's actual or exact meaning w/o the feelings or suggestions that the word may imply |
| Flashback (Interruption) | narrative technique allows a writer 2 present past events during current events in order to provide background for the current narration; this interruption provides the reader w/insight into a character's motivation/background 2 conflict thru dream/memory |
| Foreshadow | Narrative device that allows a writer to suggest, hint, indicate,or show what will occur later in a narrative; it often [provides hints about what will happen next |
| Narrative | Collection of events that tells a story, which may or may NOT be true, placed in a particular order and recounted through either telling or writing. |
| Short Story | a short fictional narrative; has many of the same characteristics of a novel including characters, setting, and plot. Not as fully developed or complex due to time |
| Figurative Language | Language that does NOT mean exactly what it says |
| Literal Language | words that do NOT deviate from their defined meaning; language that is true to fact, avoiding exaggeration or metaphor. |
| simile | a type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike quantities by use of the words "like" or "as" |
| Genre | Type of literature Examples: fiction, non-fiction, drama, & poetry |
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