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Fiction Literary Terms

Fiction Literary Terms. Plot – . series of events in a story. Exposition – . introduces the characters, setting (time and place), and conflict of a story. Setting – . time and place. Characters – . people, animals, or objects that participate in the action of a story. Protagonist – .

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Fiction Literary Terms

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  1. Fiction Literary Terms

  2. Plot – • series of events in a story

  3. Exposition – • introduces the characters, setting (time and place), and conflict of a story

  4. Setting – • time and place

  5. Characters – • people, animals, or objects that participate in the action of a story

  6. Protagonist – • usually the hero, has struggles in the story

  7. Antagonist – • the person or force who struggles against the protagonist

  8. Central Character - Main character

  9. Lesser Character Minor character

  10. Flat Character – • stereotype, one-sided personality

  11. Round Character – • we see all sides of a character’s personality

  12. Static Character – • stays the same in the story

  13. Dynamic Character – • changes in the story (usually a change of mind about something)

  14. Conflict – • the problems in the story

  15. Internal Conflict – • problems with in a character (fears, emotions, doubts, ect.) man vs. himself

  16. External Conflict – • outside obstacles in the story • Man vs. Man (society) • Man vs. Animal • Man vs. Nature (i.e. forces of nature)

  17. Rising Action – • the escalating of the problem in the story

  18. Climax – • the highest point of emotional intensity in the story and a change of direction in the action

  19. Falling Action – • the de-escalation of the conflict

  20. Resolution/Denouement – • the last moment of intensity in a story

  21. Point of View – • how the story is told to the reader

  22. 1st Person Point of View – • usually by a character as the action is happening

  23. 3rd Person Limited Point of View – • usually by a narrator who does not know all of the characters’ motivations, thoughts, reasons, ect.

  24. 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View – • usually by a narrator who does know all the characters’ motivations , thoughts, reasons, ect.

  25. Theme – • the central idea or message of a story

  26. Foreshadowing – • hints or clues of things to come in the story

  27. Flashback – • remembering an event that occurred before the action of the story being read started

  28. Irony – • contrast between what you expect and what actually happens

  29. Verbal Irony – • contrast between what is said and what is actually meant

  30. Situational Irony – • contrast between what you expect and what actually happens – has to do primarily with “place” (ex. Hunter is caught in his own trap)

  31. Dramatic Irony – • audience knows something that a character does not

  32. Anticlimax – • a drop from the high and elevated to the trivial and ridiculous in the story

  33. Symbolism – • a person or object representing something beyond itself

  34. Allusion – • referring to a story or event that is outside of the story being read

  35. Tone – • the author’s attitude toward his subject

  36. Mood – • the atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader

  37. Metaphor – • comparison of two unlike things not using “like” or “as”

  38. Simile – • comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”

  39. Hyperbole – • an over-exaggeration

  40. Personification – • giving human characteristics to something non-human

  41. Satire Corrective Ridicule

  42. Parody - Imitation of serious things/works in a comical manner

  43. Farce Comedy using highly exaggerated caricatured types of characters

  44. Story with in a Story Frame Story

  45. Stream of Consciencousness James Joyce, unbroken flow of perceptions, memories, thoughts, and feelings

  46. Surprise Ending O. Henry, violates our expectations

  47. Suspense Withholding information to create curiosity

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