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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

Foreshadowing

The author’s use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story

External Conflict

One in which a character struggles against some kind of outside force, such as another person.Another one may occur vetween a character and some force in nature.

Internal Conflict

One in which a character struggles against some kind of outside force, such as another person. Another one may occur between a character and some force in nature

first person point of view

told by a character who uses the first person pronoun I

third person point of view

there are two cleanse limited omniscient called third person because the narrator uses third person such as he reference to the character

omniscient point of view 

in stories told from this point of view the narrator knows and tells about each character feels and thinks

Limited point of view

in stories told from this Point of view the narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character and everything is viewed from this characters perspective

dialect

The form of language spoke by people in a paricular region or group they differ in pronuncation grammer and words choice the use of it gives a short story a more more authentic feel and helps a charater  words sound more reaslisic

dialogue

a conversation between the characters in poems and novels and short stories it is usally set off by quotetion marks to indicate a speakers exact words

antaganist

this is a character or a force in conflit with the main charater

Protagonist

the main character in a literally work it is often a person but somtimes it can be a animal

alliteration

the repetition of initial constant sounds writers use thus device to draw attention to certain words ideas to imitate sounds and to create musical effects

tone 

the writers attitude toarwards his or her audicence and subject it can often be described by a single adjective so we such a formal or imformal serious or playful bitter or ironic

mood

the feeling created in the read by a literally work or passage it is also know as atmosphere