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fiction

prose writing that tell imaginary characters and events, short stories, and novels are examples of this type of reading some writers based their writing on actual events and people adding invented characters dialogue, setting and plot other writers rely on imagination alone

Novel

a long work of fiction, it contains such elements as character characters plot, conflict in settings. The writer novelist develops these elements. In addition to a main plot it may contain one or more sub, plots or independent related stories. It may also have several themes.

Novella

a work of fiction that is longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel

short story

a brief work of fiction like a novel, it presents a sequence of events or plot the plot, usually deals with a central conflict faced by a main character or protagonist the events usually communicate a message about life or human nature this message or central idea is the story theme

plot

sequence of events in which each events result from a previous one in cause the next and most novels, drama, short stories and narrative poems it involves both characters in the central conflicts

Exposition

introduce the settings, the time, and place of the story the characters and the basic situation conflict is often introduced at the end of this part of the plot

Climax

the turning point in the story, it is in the highest point in the action of the plot. It is the moment of greatest attention when the outcome of the plot hangs in the balance.

Falling action

is the part of a story when the conflict lessens events that follow the climax

Resolution

Is the story conclusions fine outcome and achieved loose ends are tied up

Character

a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work the man or measure one is the most important one in a story poem or play a minor one is one who takes part in the action, but is not the focus of attention

Setting

the time and place of the action it includes all the details of a place and time the year the time of day, even the weather

Theme

Central message concerns or purpose in a literary work can usually be expressed as a generalization or a general statement about humans beings or about life it is not a summary of its plot

Point of view

the perspective or vantage point from which a story is told it is either a narrator outside the story or a character in the story

Conflict

a struggle between opposing forces is one of the most important element of stories, novels and play because it causes action. There are two types, external, and internal.

flashback

a scene within a story interrupts the squence of events