Novel- a book-lenght fictional prose narrative.
Short story- a brief fictional narrative in pose.
Novellers- applied to a story somewhat longer than a short story, but not long enough to be considered a novel.
Elements of Prose fiction
Narrative techniques- the method invovled in telling a story. It also conveys desired effects.
Point of view- the relationship of the narrator or storyteller to the story.
Setting- the time and place in which the events of a story, novel or play occurs.
Theme- the central message of a story, poem, novel or play that readers can apply to life.
Style- the authors choice and arrangements of words and sentences in a literary work.
Characterization- the methods of which a writer use to reveal the personality of a character.
Literary Devices
Imagery- the word pictures that writers create to help evoke an emotional response.
Symbol- an object, person, place or experience that means more that what it is.
Irony- a contrast or discepancy between appearance and reality or between what is expected or what actually happens.
Allusion- a reference in a work of literature to a character, place or situation from history or from another work of literature, music or art.
Satire-writting that exposes and ridicule the vices or follies of people or societies.
Structual Devices
Stream of conciousness- individual conscious experience regarded as a continuous series of occurances rather as seperate disconnected events.
Interior Monologue- a narrative technique or passage which suggests a characters stream of consciousness.
Flashback- an account of an event that happened before a story began.
Foreshadowing- the use of clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen later in the story.
Time Frame- a given interval of time especially in relatiion to a particular event or process.
Motif- a significant word, decripton, idea or image that is repeated.
Juxtaposition- to put side by side or close together.
Types of Fiction
- Fantasy- a story that can never happen; not realistic.
- Humorous fiction- a funny story written to make you laugh.
- Science fiction- is based on science and tells about supernatural events.
- Mystery- a story about something that needs to be solved.
- Traditional fiction- folk tales,fairy tales, myths and legends which are passed down orally throughout history.
- Historical fiction- a story that seems real and took place in the past. It may include people or events from the past but some of the story came from the author's imagination.
- Realistic fiction- a story which could have happened or seems real.
- Animal fiction- these contain characters that are animals or plots where the animal is an intregal part of the story.
Social- of or having to do with human beings living together as a group in a situation in which their dealings with one another affect their common welfare.
Political- of or concerned with government, the statement or politics.
Historical- of or concerned with history as a science.
Religious- characterized by adherence to religion or a religion.
Ethnic- designating or of a population subgroup having a commom cultural heritage as distinguished by customs, characteristics, language and common history.
Moral- a practical lesson about right and wrong conduct.
Intellectual- the ability to reason and understand or to perceive relationships.
Cultural- the training and refinement of the intellect, interest, taste, skills and arts.
