Flashcards
Fiction Terms
Cards in this deck (26)
- 1Foreshadowinghint about the future
- 2flashbackincident from the past inserted into a story
- 3expositionthe background of a story
- 4in medias resstory starts in the middle of things; starts with action
- 5conflicttension between characters, nature, society
- 6rising actionevents that lead up to the climax
- 7climaxmoment of greatest tension; turning point of story
- 8falling actionevent that happen after the climax
- 9denouement action"untying of the knot," what happens in the future (indicates)
- 10initiation storyrite of passage or a growing up into adulthood
- 11archetypal storyuniversal plot that recurs in literature
ex. prince saving the princess or good vs. evil - 12protagonistmain character
- 13antagonistopposes the main character
- 14flat characterone-dimensional
- 15round charactercomplex character
- 16static characterexperiences no change
- 17dynamic characterexperiences change
- 18foil charactersupporting character who has a contrasting behavior
- 19archetypea universal character who recurs throughout literature
ex. the hero, the bad guy - 20narratorperson who tells the story
- 21first person narratornarrator who is telling the story using 'I'
- 22third person narratorperson who is not in the story, but tell the story going place to place; knows the feelings/thoughts of all characters
- 23allegorystory in which everything is symbolic
- 24metaphorcomparison using like or as
- 25similecomparison between two unlike things
- 26symbolobject or action that stands for more than itself
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- Alura Winfrey
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