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Fiction
Fiction test for Intro to Lit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Character | the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual |
| Symbol | a thing that represents or stands for something else |
| Theme | The meaning of a work as a whole |
| Omniscient | knowing everything |
| Protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
| antagonist | the opposing force |
| Conflict | the problem in the story |
| flat characters | A character with no major emotions or characteristics, they are just sort of there |
| dynamic characters | A character who changes as the story goes on. |
| Universal Symbols | Symbols like roses, colors, seasons, |
| Stream of consciousness | a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow. |
| Historical Setting | When in history, pinpoint on a timeline |
| Irony | When something other than the expected happens |
| Plot | the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
| Physical Setting | The physical surroundings i.e. a house, a forest, a yard, a beach, etc. |
| static character | a character who doesn't change throughout the story |
| Geographical setting | Where in the world |
| narrator | the one telling the story |
| Situational Irony | a situation where the outcome is incongruous with what was expected |
| Plot Structure | sequence of events within a literary work. |
| Point of View | How the story is given to the reader |
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