Fiction Terms Flash Cards

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A sudden burst of knowledge

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epiphany

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Can only tell the private thoughts of one character. They are limited by one, single person’s views about things. Uses the words “he” and “she.”

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Third person limited

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Writing that comes from the author's imagination

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Fiction

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The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story

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Plot

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The point of highest interest in the plot

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Climax

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The end of the central conflict

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Resolution

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When we learn the background information of a story

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Exposition

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The all-knowing narrator, the "eye of God" point of view; uses "he" and "she"

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Third person omniscient

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The main character of a work

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Protagonist

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The character who comes into conflict with the main character. They are not always bad.

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Antagonist