Consists of narratives that are products of an authors imagination
Fiction
Stories
Narrative
Conveys factual information about real people, places, and events or discusses general ideas about the world
Nonfiction
People and animals that are imaginary
Characters
Series of interrelated events
Plot
True provable information
Fact
A struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
A psychological struggle
Internal conflict
A struggle with an external force
External conflict
Perspective
Point of view
The narrator is a character in the story
first-person point of view
The narrator is not a character in the story
Third-person point of view
Neutral
Objective
A real or imaginary time and place
Setting
Insight into life
Theme
Key concept
Central idea
Brief narrative's (plots develop quickly and center around one or two characters and a single, strong conflict and theme)
Short stories
Extended narratives that typically develop multiple characters, an extensive plot, and multiple conflicts
Novels
Distinct sequences of events that support or contrast with the main plot and multiple themes
Subplot
Focus on a few main characters and a main plot
Novellas
Present facts and information intended to inform or educate the reader
Functional texts
Presents facts about a subject, but it may employ literary elements such as descriptive language and dialogue
Literary nonfiction
Detailed accounts of specific topics that combine information from a variety of sources
Reports
Collections of brief announcements, articles, and reports published at regular intervals
Newsletters
Websites that are set up to provide information on a topic
Online reference sources
True stories by real people about their own lives
Personal narratives
Describes major events in his or her life
Autobiography
Journal entry
Memoir
True account of a persons life that are written by someone else
Biography
Short Literary works that focus on developing or explaining a central idea or concept
Essay
Essay's central idea in the introductory paragraph
Thesis statement
Theme that is suggested through elements of the work
Implied theme
Theme that is directly stated
Stated theme
To inform or explain, to persuade, or to entertain are the three general purposes for writing
author's purpose
What are the three general purposes for writing?
To inform or explain, to persuade, or to entertain
Explain
inform
Try to convince readers to adopt a particular opinion or take a particular action
Persuade
To hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; amuse
Entertain
The main idea of a paragraph and is at or near its beginning
Topic sentence
The name given to an individual literary work
Title
A character, a place, an object, or event that represents an idea, a quality, or a theme
Symbol
Characters that have just one or two traits
Flat (stock) characters
Characters that have many traits, including both faults and virtues
Round (complex) characters
Characters that do not change during the story
Static characters
Characters that change as a result of the experiences they undergo in the story
Dynamic characters
Reasons for feeling and behaving as they do
Motivations
The motivations that conflict each other
Conflicting motivations
The method by which an author develops a character
Characterization
The narrator directly states a character's traits
Direct characterization
The narrator reveals a character's personality by describing a character's appearance, feelings, behavior, and thoughts, as well as his or her interactions
Indirect characterization
The words that characters speak with other characters
Dialogue
The plot
Story structure
Which events unfold in a sequence from beginning to end
Chronological order
Describes earlier events by interrupting the flow of a chronological sequence
Flashbacks
When an author develops two distinct storylines, with two characters, in a single work
Parallel plots
The speed or rhythm of the writing
Pacing
Not fast speed or rhythm of the writing
Slow pacing
Fast speed or rhythm of the writing
Fast pacing
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