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1 Elements of Fiction ~ Literary Terms & Devices

2 Setting The where and when of a narrative physical psychological

3 you I Point of View (PoV) B+ 3rd Person 1st Person 2nd Person
He, She, it I Objective (Camera View) Omniscient B+ Limited Omniscient

4 Protagonist

5 Antagonist

6 Stereotype

7 Foil

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

9 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.

10 Exposition

11 Rising action Suspense

12 Climax The turning point in a narrative. Point of highest emotion.

13 A weak or disappointing conclusion
Anti-Climax A weak or disappointing conclusion

14 Conflict begins to get resolved.
Falling action Conflict begins to get resolved.

15 Denouement / resolution
The outcome or solution of the plot

16 Conflict Character vs. Character Fate, destiny, “god”
Supernatural, unknown Nature Society Self

17 Theme Universal topic about life

18 Moral

19 Reoccurring color, saying, song, topic,
Motif Reoccurring color, saying, song, topic, action, object, etc…

20 Walk Hop crawl Tip toe stroll meander gallop
Tone Walk Hop crawl Tip toe stroll meander gallop

21 Mood

22 Symbol

23 Characterization The development or creation of characters in a narrative A dynamic character undergoes a fundamental change  * Whereas a static character remains the same 

24 Characterization The development or creation of characters in a narrative A dynamic character undergoes a fundamental change  * Whereas a static character remains the same 

25 Irony The twisting or foiling of expectations Verbal Dramatic
Situational

26 Imagery Figurative Language

27 simile Often uses like, as, similar to, as if, & resembles

28 Metaphor Often uses is, was…

29 personification anthropomorphism

30 hyperbole

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

32 Flashback

33 onomatopoeia

34 pun A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.
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)

35 paradox

36 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

37 Allusion "the city that never sleeps" “KOBE!” “We’re not in Kansas
draws upon the ready stock of ideas or emotion already associated with a topic in a relatively short space. "the city that never sleeps" “We’re not in Kansas any more.” “KOBE!”

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

39 Fin

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