Elements of Fiction ~

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Elements of Fiction
Literary Terms Devices
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Setting

• The where and when of a narrative

physical
psychological
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Point of View (PoV)
3rd Person
2nd Person
1st Person
you
He, She, it
I
Objective (Camera View)
Omniscient
B
Limited Omniscient
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Protagonist
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Antagonist
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Stereotype
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Foil
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Plot

• The plan or storyline of a narrative (play,
  novel, short story, film, etc.)

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Subplot

• The minor or secondary plot of a narrative. It
  often runs parallel to the development of the
  main plot and often mirrors the main plot.

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Exposition
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Rising action
Suspense
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Climax

• The turning point in a narrative. Point of
  highest emotion.

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Anti-Climax

• A weak or disappointing conclusion

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Falling action
Conflict begins to get resolved.
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Denouement / resolution

• The outcome or solution of the plot

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Conflict

• Character vs.

Character
Fate, destiny, god
Supernatural, unknown
Nature
Society
Self
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Theme
Universal topic about life
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Moral
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Motif
Reoccurring color, saying, song, topic, action,
object, etc
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Tone
Walk
Hop
crawl
Tip toe
stroll
meander
gallop
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Mood
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Symbol
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Characterization

• The development or creation of characters in a
  narrative
• A dynamic character undergoes a fundamental
  change ?
• Whereas a static character remains the same ?

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Characterization

• The development or creation of characters in a
  narrative
• A dynamic character undergoes a fundamental
  change ?
• Whereas a static character remains the same ?

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Irony

• The twisting or foiling of expectations

• Verbal

• Dramatic

• Situational

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Imagery
Figurative Language
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simile

• Often uses like, as, similar to, as if,
  resembles

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Metaphor

• Often uses is, was

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personification

• anthropomorphism

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hyperbole
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Foreshadowing

• An indication or hint of things yet to occur in
  the plot

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Flashback
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onomatopoeia
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pun

• A bicycle can't stand alone

Mercutio--"Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you
dance."
because it is two-tired.
Romeo--"Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes
/ With nimble soles I have a soul of lead"(I iv
13-5)
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paradox
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Oxymoron
Oxy sharp
Moron dull
open secret larger half clearly confused
act naturally alone together Hell's Angels
found missing liquid gas civil engineer
deafening silence seriously funny living dead
Microsoft Works military intelligence jumbo shrimp
Advanced BASIC tragic comedy unbiased opinion
virtual reality definite maybe original copies
pretty ugly same difference plastic glasses
almost exactly constant variable even odds
minor crisis extinct life genuine imitation
exact estimate only choice freezer burn
working holiday rolling stop
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Allusion
draws upon the ready stock of ideas or emotion
already associated with a topic in a relatively
short space.
"the city that never sleeps"
Were not in Kansas any more.
KOBE!
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Alliteration

• "Bitsy Big-Boy Boomeroo" in Dr. Seuss's The
  Butter Battle Book.

• assonance

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• Fin