MCK - Fiction Latest Update 100% Pass

MCK - Fiction Latest Update 100% Pass theme The main idea or meaning of a text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work mood the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader tone the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers). conflict problem in the story; may be internal or external; internal conflict A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character. man Vs. himself external conflict a problem or struggle between a character and someone or something outside of the character man vs. man man vs. nature man vs. society man vs. fate/god/luck/a larger force man vs. technology exposition background information is given to understand the story better, characters are introduced, setting is established, any necessary info from before the story starts is conveyed inciting incident the incident that sets the events of the plot in motion rising action Action that leads to turning point and serves to develop the conflict and tension in the story turning point The point in the plot where the protagonist's situation changes for the better or the worse; after this the action begins its movement toward a final resolution. It is the key event which begins the progress toward the final resolution. falling action All of the action in a story that follows the turning point and leads to the final resolution. resolution The outcome of the conflict; the solving of the major conflict of the story denouement any material that follows the resolution and ties up loose ends climax a high point of action, interest or suspense in the story. setting The time and place of a story foreshadowing the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot symbol anything in the text (object, color, character, location, etc.) that is used to represent something else (usually a larger, philosophical and more important idea) 1st person point of view when a character in the story tells the story 3rd person omniscient point of view The narrator is considered to be "all knowing" and can see/hear everything in the story and can tell the reader what each characters are thinking and feeling 3rd person limited point of view This point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally. 3rd person objective point of view the narrator does not enter the mind of any character but describes events from the outside unreliable narrator a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted characterization all the methods by which the writer reveals the personality of a character direct characterization the writer tells us directly what a character's personality is like indirect characterization author gives clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says, as well as how other characters react to him or her protagonist the main character in a literary work antagonist A character or force in conflict with the main character round character character about whom much information, such as thoughts, feelings, and action is given (developed) flat character a character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics; only one side of their personality is shown static character a character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end dynamic character A character who undergoes an important and basic changes in personality or outlook. He/she is affected by the events of the story. stock character a fictional character that relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for its personality manner of speech and other characteristics. Stock characters are instantly recognizable to members of a given culture. dramatic irony when the audience/reader knows something that the characters do not, and the action then becomes ironic situational irony a type of irony in which events turn out the opposite of what was expected. verbal irony A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words. Often a dual meaning of a word is employed for this effect. flashback a scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order, to fill in information or explain something in the present digression a temporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing in order to tell a side story only loosely connected chronological order The order in which events happen in time dialogue a conversation between two or more characters dialect A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, slang, spelling, grammar patterns, and pronunciation plot the sequence of events in a story inference a conclusion one can draw from the presented details. It is not directly stated by the author, but must be figured out by the reader epithet any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality hubris excessive pride or self-confidence rhapsode person who recited poetry or stories in ancient Greece epiphany a moment of sudden revelation or insight about an important truth deus ex machina "An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. The term means ""The god out of the machine"" and refers to stage machinery." pathetic fallacy Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects. Often nature is made to reflect the emotions of the characters and the plot suspense Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story anecdote short story of an amusing or interesting event analogy drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect autobiography story of a person's life written by that person biography story of a person's life written by another person folk tale An account, legend, or story that is passed along orally from generation to generation. stereotype a distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified image applied to a category of people genre a catagory, kind, tipe of literature, art, film, music, etc. science fiction literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society epic A long narrative poem, in a dignified style, celebrating the deeds of a hero that represents the values of his culture satire a work of fiction that makes a serious criticism about society's faults or human nature by way of humor, sarcasm, or ridicule allegory A story that workd on two levels simultaneously - the literal surface level and a deeper symbolic level in which the characters, events, places, and objects represent a further meaning. myth A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. realistic fiction fictional writing that attempts to imitate the actual world faithfully. It usually contains real settings, social context, dialect, and characters and situations that could be found in real life bias prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue fable a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters