Unit 1: Craft and Structure Vocabulary

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  1. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  2. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
  3. motivation
    the condition of being given incentive for action
  4. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  5. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  6. setting
    facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
  7. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  8. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  9. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  10. characterization
    a vivid verbal description
  11. exposition
    an account that sets forth the intent of a story
  12. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
  13. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
  14. falling action
    series of plot events following the climax of a narrative
  15. resolution
    finding an answer to a problem
  16. imply
    express or state indirectly
  17. universal
    of worldwide scope or applicability
  18. first person
    narration from the point of view of the speaker or narrator
  19. third person
    narration from the point of view of those being described
  20. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  21. limit
    restrict or confine
  22. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  23. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  24. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  25. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
  26. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  27. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
Created on Fri Feb 05 12:17:12 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 15:53:19 EDT 2021)

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