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SHHS Fiction terms
Literary Terms used in Fiction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the artistic arrangement of events in a short story, play, or novel called? | The plot |
| What is a scene relived in a character's memory? | a flashback |
| Sometimes a short story, play or novel may begin with a significant event and then fill in what happened earlier and move to later events? What Latin term describes this? | "in medias res" |
| a brief story that usual involves anthropomorphized animals that sets forth some pointed statement of truth, including a moral | Fable |
| Some stories directly aim to teach a lesson about right and wrong -- What is this lesson called? | Moral |
| A traditional form of story that teaches a lesson, has a realistic plot, and the main characters are human -- The New Testament has many. | Parable |
| A variety of short story that involves supernatural or fantastic events and the deeds of a super hero, for example, Paul Bunyan -- | Tall tale |
| What makes a short story different from a fable, a parable, or a tall tale? | a well-developed character |
| the basic conflict that initiates a story or establishes a scene -- It usually describes the protagonist's motivation and the forces that oppose its realization. | dramatic situation |
| the opening of a narrative or drama -- sets the scene, introduces the protagonist, reveal background information -- | exposition |
| the enjoyable aniety created by the author's skillful handling of plot -- This creates a feeling of anticipation in the reader. | suspense |
| the technique of arranging events and information in such a way that later events are hinted at -- | foreshadowing |
| the moment of greatest intensity in a story -- | Climax |
| the conclusion of a literary work as plot complications are unraveled after the climax -- | denouement or resolution |
| a scene relived in a character's memory -- these allow the author to include events that happened before the opening of the story | flashback |
| a moment of insight, discovery, or revelation by which a character's life is greatly altered -- | epiphany |
| a character is initiated into an experience and/or gains maturity | story of initiation |
| the central character of a literary work who usual initiates the main action | protagonist |
| the most significant character or force that opposes the protagonist | antagonist |
| the perspective from which the story is told | point of view |
| a point of view in which the narrator is a participant in the action | first person narrator |
| a point of view in which the narrator knows everything about all the characters and events in the story | total omniscient |
| when an omniscient narrator goes beyond reporting the thoughts of characters to make a critical judgement or commentary, making the narrator's thoughts or philosophies explicit | editorial omniscient |
| refers to an omniscient narrator who, although he or she presents the thoughts or actions of the characters, does not judge them or comment on them | impartial omniscient |
| a type of point of view in which the narrator sees into the minds of some but not all the characters -- usually sees through the eyes of one major character | limited omniscient (third person) |
| A character who fails |
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