fiction introduction
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Elements of Fiction
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What is Fiction?
What is STORY?
What is FICTION?
The difference between SHORT STORIES and NOVELS.
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Why Read Fiction?
Going beyond ourselves.“Entering other lives.”
“Enlargement of being.”
“The Truth of fiction.”Capitalized Truth
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Actively Reading Fiction
“Give the work a fair chance.”
“Keep going.”
“Watch for what’s happening.”
“Watch for who it’s happening to.”
“Watch for ‘why’ – why does what happens happen?”
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All the Parts
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Plot
Definition: Arrangement of events in order to present them most effectively to the reader.
What happens to the characters.
Action
Includes CONFLICT.
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Character
“People” of the story.
Who the plot happens to.
Characterization.
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Point of View
Perspective in which the story is told.
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Theme
“Central idea or concept conveyed by a literary work.”
What it all adds up to.
Answering: What does it mean?
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Setting
as Place
as Time
as Cultural Context
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Symbol
An object, event, or person that suggests more than its literal meaning.
LITERARY SYMBOLS are part of the actual story, but also have a dual meaning.
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Tone, Style & Irony
TONE is how the story is communicated.
STYLE focuses on word and sentence choices.
IRONY is created by discrepancy or incongruity between what seems (appearance) and what is (reality).