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31 Cards in this Set
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plot
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sequence of incidents or events through which an author constructs a story
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plot summary may include...but leaves out... concentrates primarily on....
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what characters thnk and do
description & analysis major events |
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difference between content of work and plot
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plot is not the action iteself
its the way the author arranges the action towards a specific end |
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structure
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standard chronology
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familiar structure and example
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3 part sequence
goldi locks and three bears trys and fails but succeeds on 3rd try |
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complex structure
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unpredictable & more experimental arrangement of events
used to convey complex meaning significance is more important than action itself |
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conflict
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clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills
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how many types of conflict? and describe
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person vs person-person or group of ppl vs external force-phsyical nature, society, fate vs his or herself-physical emotional moral mental |
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protagonist
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central character in conflict whether sympathetic or unsympathetic
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protagonist vs hero
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protag is less ambiguous
hero implies central character has heroic qualities which is most often not the case |
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antagonist
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any force arranged against the protagonist
(person, place, thing, conventions of society, protags own character traits |
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suspense
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quality in story that makes readers ask whats going to happen next or how will this turn out
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old serial movies aka
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cliffhangers
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murder mysteries aka
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whodunits
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suspense in literary forms of fiction raises what questino?
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not what but why?
why is protag behaving this way |
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two common devices to create suspense
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mystery & dilemma
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mystery
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unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation
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dilemma
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position in which he or she must choose btwn two courses of action
both undesirable |
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most important critereon for good commercial fiction
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suspense
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true or false
suspense is less imp in literary fiction |
true
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suprise
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closely related to suspense
is proportional to the unexpectedness of what happens |
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suprise ending
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one that features a sudden unexpected turn or twist
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happy ending
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protag solves problem; defeats adversary, gets the girl
almost always seen in commerical fiction |
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unhappy ending
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often seen in literary fiction
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justification for unhappy ending
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many situations in real life have unpleasant outcomes
its value in forcing us to ponder the complexities of life |
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indeterminate ending
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no definitive solution is reached
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artistic unity
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nothing in story is irrelevant or is just there for its own sake
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plot manipulation
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an author who includes a turn in the plot that is unjustified by the situation or the characters is indulging in ""
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deus ex machina
latin: god from a machine |
plot relies to heavily on chance or on coincidence to provide a resolution to a story
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chance
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occurrence of an event that has no apparent cause in previous events or in predispostition of character
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coincidence
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the chance occurrence of two events that may have a peculiar correspondence
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