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WIMS - 7LA - Fiction
WIMS - 7LA - Fiction Vocabulary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fiction | prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
| nonfiction | prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events |
| character | a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| plot | the series or sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next |
| setting | the time and place of the action |
| narrator | a speaker or a character who tells a story |
| point of view | the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told |
| first person point of view | a character in the story ( I, me, we, us) |
| third person point of view | a narrator outside the story (he, she, it, they) |
| theme | a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work - a generalization or a general statement about human beings or about life |
| stated theme | stated directly in the text |
| implied theme | the reader must figure out what the theme is by looking at what the work reveals about people or life |
| novel | a long work of fiction |
| short story | a brief work of fiction - meant to be read in one sitting |
| conflict | a struggle between two or more opposing forces |
| internal conflict | takes place within the mind of a character |
| external conflict | a character struggles against some outside force - another person, nature, or fate |
| motivation | a reason that explains or partially explains a characters thought, feelings, actions, or speech |
| characterization | the act of creating and developing a character |
| exposition | the part of the work that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation |
| climax | the turning point, the high point in the action of the plot - the moment of greatest tension |
| resolution | the outcome of the conflict in a plot |
| foreshadowing | the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story |
| flashback | a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past |
| dialect | the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group |
| irony | the contradiction between what happens and what is expected |
| surprise ending | a conclusion that is unexpected |
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