CRW FIgurative language Vocab

Biggest difference between genre fiction and genre of fiction

Genre fiction is typically more formulaic, predicable, follows tropes

Compression

-How you can get out unnecessary language as well as have a richness in the selected words

Concrete vs abstract

-Abstract has no concrete physical presence
-Concrete does have physical presence. Its Tangible You can precieve it

Denotation and connotation

-Denotation is textbook definition around a given word
-Connotation all other association around a given word

figurative language

words used for nonliteral ways for literary effect

Setting

Time or place a story is written in

scene

to any passage that happens in ‘real time’ (Think in real time)

backstory

background material

summary

description of events that continue to move a story forward (Compress time)

exposition

-essential information about the context of the story (Only descriptions no actions)

iterative

summarize a repeated action (Think of a more flexible summary)
-Ex: Every morning she walked to the street

Flat

-character that lacks depth, can be beneficial to the story

Round

-developed, 3d character

Dynamic

Character that undergoes some form of change (character development)

Static

Characters that are unchanged throughout the story

Antagonist vs Protagonist

Antagonist the character that works in opposition of the protagonist (the main character)

What are the 5 methods of character presentation

Appearance, Behavior, Speech, thought, Authorial interpretation

Speech

Behavior/Act

Authorial interpretation

-3rd person narrator explains things to the audience (“John was a lonely boy”)

Plot

arrangement or sequence of events, a chain reaction where one event leads to another (Narrative is more just the chronological events, plot might not be)

Flashback

-leave the current to go to the past to view an event. (Flashforward is the opposite)

Suspense/Conflict

-Suspense: Making the reader want to know something
-Conflict: struggle or unease

Deus ex machina

-Plot gets resolved by miraculous ending

Pyramid

-Typically story structure Pre 19th century, not as prevalent post 19th century
-exposition>rising action>climax>falling action>denouement

POV

Whose telling the story with how much information

1st, 2nd, 3rd POV

-1st person: I, me, etc.
-2nd person: You
-3rd person: he, she, they

Types of 3rd POV

-Objective 3rd person: Camera
-3rd person omniscient: Narrator knows whats happening in characters internally
-3rd person limited omniscient: Knows something but only for one character (can vary)

voice

-refers to author, style of an author

Narrative distance

-POV determines how close or far audience feels from the emotions of the characters
(First person and third limited causes the closet feelings)

Unreliable narrator

-Narrator doesn’t precieve things like everyone else, causing distrust in the reader