Friday, February 13, 2009

Definitions

1) Plot -Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
Genre -of or pertaining to a distinctive literary type
2) Setting -the act of a person or thing that sets.
3) Mood-a state or quality of feeling at a particular time
4) Theme-Grammar. the element common to all or most of the forms of an inflectional paradigm, often consisting of a root with certain formative elements or modifications.
5) Character-the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
6)Protagonist -hero
7)Antagonist-villain
8)Point of View -opinion
9)Conflict -a fight, battle, or struggle, esp. a prolonged struggle; strife.
10) Foreshadowing-the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work. This can be part of the general atmosphere of the work, or it can be a specific scene or object that gives a clue or hint as to a later development of the plot. The disastrous flood that occurs at the end of George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860), for example, is foreshadowed by many references to the river and to water in general throughout the book.
11) Suspense-a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
12) Flashback-recurrent and abnormally vivid recollection of a traumatic experience, as a battle, sometimes accompanied by hallucinations.

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