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Literary Terms (Genres & Story Elements)
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A review of literary terms #MrsHawke #English #LiteraryTerms
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Comments that explain where and how the action takes place
Acts
Dialogue
Stage directions
Scenes
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Point of view --> The narrator is a character
3rd person omniscient
1st person
3rd person objective
2nd person
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A character with many traits
Round
Static
Flat
Dynamic
4
The channel through which we get a story
Motif
Medium
Plot
Theme
5
Figurative language - examples:
metaphor, simile, personification
rhythm, rhyme, alliteration
lyric, narrative, dramatic
descriptive, persuasive, narrative
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A brief work of fiction
Short story
Novel
Biography
Essay
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Point of view --> The narrator doesn't share any interior information about characters
3rd person omniscient
3rd person limited
3rd person objective
1st person
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What TWO characteristics must a protagonist have?
Static
Dynamic
Round
Flat
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Poetry that tells a story
Dramatic
Figurative
Lyric
Narrative
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Short units of drama
Dialogue
Scenes
Acts
Stage directions
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The three major genres of literature
poetry - prose - drama
drama - fiction - nonfiction
poetry - tragedy - prose
short story - novel - essay
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A series of related events
Plot
Setting
Conflict
Motif
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Prose about real-life people and events
Genre
Poetry
Nonfiction
Fiction
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Long units of drama
Acts
Stage directions
Dialogue
Scenes
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Expresses feelings and ideas with style and rhythm
Poetry
Drama
Imagery
Prose
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A character that doesn't change
Static
Dynamic
Flat
Round
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An essay that attempts to change readers' minds and actions
Persuasive
Descriptive
Symbolic
Narrative
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Highest point of action & turning point in the main conflict
Resolution
Rising Action
Inciting Incident
Climax
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Short piece of nonfiction prose written on a specific subject
Poem
Essay
Novel
Short story
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Examples include rhythm, rhyme, alliteration
Sound devices
Biography
Figurative language
Poetry
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THREE criteria for the main conflict
resolved in resolution
changes in climax
introduced in exposition
turning point in rising action
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A form or type of literature
Prose
Motif
Medium
Genre
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The time and place the story occurs
Conflict
Theme
Plot
Setting
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Essay about a person, place, or object
Descriptive
Narrative
Symbolic
Persuasive
25
Recurring elements
Motifs
Mediums
Themes
Plots
26
Drama that results in catastrophe
Autobiography
Tragedy
Novel
Comedy
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Introduces main characters, main setting, and main conflict
Rising Action
Falling Action
Climax
Exposition
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A character who is against the main character
Protagonist
Antagonist
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The life story of the author
Autobiography
Essay
Short story
Biography
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First conflict that really starts action rising
Exposition
Climax
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
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Examples include metaphor, simile, and personification
Poetry
Sound devices
Short units of drama
Figurative language
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Point of view --> The narrator speaks to the audience or readers
2nd person
1st person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
33
Musical, emotional poetry
Figurative
Narrative
Lyric
Dramatic
34
The ordinary form of written language
Prose
Drama
Nonfiction
Essay
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Drama that has a happy ending for the main characters
Tragedy
Novel
Comedy
Autobiography
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Not specific to one story, but can be applied to other stories and real life
Conflict
Medium
Motif
Universal
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Prose about imaginary people and events
Genre
Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction
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TWO kinds of external conflicts
man vs. man
man vs. something outside himself that is not another person
man vs. self
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Point of view --> The narrator shares the thoughts & feelings of only one character
1st person
3rd person limited
3rd person objective
3rd person omniscient
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Causes plot to rise more and more
Climax
Exposition
Resolution
Conflict
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A character that changes
Flat
Static
Round
Dynamic
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Sound devices - examples:
rhythm, rhyme, alliteration
metaphor, simile, personification
lyric, narrative, dramatic
descriptive, persuasive, narrative
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A long work of fiction
Biography
Short story
Essay
Novel
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Struggles between opposing forces
Conflicts
Motifs
Mediums
Settings
45
The main character
Protagonist
Antagonist
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Nonfiction about a real person written by another person
Autobiography
Essay
Short story
Biography
47
A story written to be performed by actors on a stage
Prose
Poetry
Essay
Drama
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TWO main types of prose
Fiction
Nonfiction
Novel
Short story
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The words actors say
Dialogue
Stage directions
Scenes
Acts
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Point of view --> The narrator is all-knowing
3rd person objective
1st person
3rd person omniscient
3rd person limited
51
A story that is true -- about real-life people and events
Narrative essay
Short story
Persuasive essay
Narrative poetry
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A character with one trait
Dynamic
Static
Round
Flat
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An essay that tells a true story
Persuasive
Narrative
Symbolic
Descriptive
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A story's universal message
Motif
Setting
Theme
Medium
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One kind of internal conflict
man vs. something outside himself that is not another person
man vs. man
man vs. self
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Poetry that uses the conventions of drama
Narrative
Dramatic
Lyric
Figurative
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Using words to create mental pictures
Prose
Sound devices
Figurative language
Imagery
58
The perspective from which a story is told
Point of view
Theme
Conflict
Motif
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Where the main conflict is resolved
Exposition
Falling Action
Resolution
Rising Action
