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Genre
- type or class of book
- ex: nonfiction
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verse vs. prose
- prose:
- the ordinary form of spoken or written language, withoutmetrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- verse:
- a succession of metrical feet written, printed, or orallycomposed as one line
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fiction vs. nonfiction
- fiction:
- made up story
- nonfiction:
- true story
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subject vs. topic vs. theme
- subject:
- what its about
- topic:
- the main subject
- theme:
- the main topic
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plot
the plan, scheme, or main story of aliterary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
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exposition
the act of expounding, setting forth, or explaining
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complication
a complex combination of elements or things.
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climax
suspension of a story or novel
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resolution
the very end of story
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chronological order
by numbers
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flashback and foreshadowing
- flashback:
- telling of the past
- foreshadowing:
- to show or indicate beforehand
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setting
a place where a matter is shappening
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time, place, atmosphere
- time:
- when
- place:
- where
- atmosphere:
- mood
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conflict and types of conflict
- conflict:
- problem the protagonists faces
- types:
- man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs self, man vs nature
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protagonist vs antagonist
- protagonist:
- the leading character
- antagonist:
- a person who is opposed
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internal vs. external conflict
- internal:
- mav vs self
- external:
- man vs world
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characterization
portrayal; description
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direct vs. indirect characterization
- direct:
- character isrevealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, orepithets.
- indirect:
- character isrevealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance,
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flat, round, stock charaters
- flat:
- an easily recognized character type
- round:
- a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, andother features are fully delineated by the author.
- stock:
- quicklyrecognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring nodevelopment by the writer.
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limited pov
author knows only main charcter
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1st person
tells by main character (protagonist)
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objective pov
used for nonfiction
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irony
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the oppositeof its literal meaning
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verbal irony
when someone sas something but meand something different
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situational irony
outcome is contraryto what was expected.
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dramatic irony
isunderstood by the audience but not grasped by the characters inthe play.
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amiguity
vagueness, deceptiveness.
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symbolism
a symbol that stands for something more
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allegory
a symbolical narrative
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tone vs mood
- tone:
- the authors voice
- mood:
- the feeling of the story
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denotation vs connotation
- d:direct meaning or set of meanings of a word orexpression,
- c: the associated or secondary meaning of a word orexpression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
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