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Elements of Fiction Scramble. Plot. A series of related events p. 2. Conflict. A struggle p. 2. External Conflict. Struggle that takes place between two characters, between a character and a group, or between a character and something nonhuman p.2. Internal Conflict.
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Plot A series of related events p. 2
Conflict A struggle p. 2
External Conflict Struggle that takes place between two characters, between a character and a group, or between a character and something nonhuman p.2
Internal Conflict A struggle that takes place inside a character’s mind or heart p.2
Exposition The first part of the plot The basic situation The opening/introduction of the story where characters and conflicts are introduced p. 2
Complication or Rising Action A complication or initial conflict in the story The main character takes some action to resolve this problem, but meets with more problems or conflicts p. 2
Climax The third part of the story The key scene of the story Emotional involvement is the greatest A story’s turning point p. 2
Falling Action Details how the climax of the plot affects a story and its characters; all of the events that lead to the last part of any story or novel.
Resolution The final part of the story All struggles are over Sometimes called denouement “unraveling of the knot” p. 2
Foreshadowing Use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot p. 1024
Character Person in a story, poem, or play p. 1020
Characterization The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story p. 1020
Characterization Methods Character’s Speech Physical Description of Character Character’s Thoughts/Feelings What Other’s Think/Say about Character Character’s Actions Direct description of character’s personality p. 1020
Indirect Characterization Readers have to use their own judgment to decide what a character is like, based on the evidence an author has given p. 1021
Direct Characterization The author directly tells readers what a character is like; readers do not have to use their own judgment p. 1021
Setting The time and place of a story or play p. 1029
Flashback Scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time p. 1023
Irony A contrast between expectation and reality p. 1025
Verbal Irony Writer/speaker says one thing but really means something completely different p. 1025
Situational Irony There is a contrast between what we expect to happen in a situation and what actually happens p. 1025
Dramatic Irony The audience/reader knows something important characters in a story do not know p. 1025
Personification A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human p. 1027
Allusion Reference to a statement, person, place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture p. 1019
Alliteration Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds usually at the beginnings of words that are close together in a poem p. 1019
Metaphor Makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of the word like, as, than, or resembles p. 1025
Simile Comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, or than p. 1030
Tone Attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience p. 1031
Mood A story’s atmosphere or the feeling it evokes in the READER p. 1026
Diction A writer or speaker’s choice of words p. 1022
Dialect Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of people p. 1022
Protagonist Main character of a story p. 1028
Antagonist Character or force that blocks the protagonist p. 1028
Imagery • Language that appeals to the senses p. 1025 • sight, touch, sound, taste, smell
Five Types of Imagery Aural/Auditory (sound) Gustatory (taste) Tactile (touch) Visual (sight) Olfactory (smell)
Theme • Central idea of a work of literature p. 1031 • MUST ALWAYS BE EXPRESSED IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE
Symbol Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and something beyond itself as well p. 1031
Connotation All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests p. 1021
Denotation Strict dictionary meaning/definition of a word p. 1021
Author The writer of a literary work p. 1020
Speaker Voice that is talking to a reader in a poem p. 1030