Review Class for Creative Writing

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This plot technique opens the story in the middle of a significant event or climax.

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In medias res

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Sudden, unanticipated character appearance that resolves conflict.

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Deus ex machina

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Technique hinting at narrative outcomes.

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Foreshadowing

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Literary device reflecting the writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience.

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Tone

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Emotional response a writer aims to evoke in creative or persuasive writing.

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Mood

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Genre with stories based on scientific fact or theory.

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Science fiction

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Stories of Biblical nature.

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Parable

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Stories about gods and goddesses.

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Myth

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A long narrative prose divided into chapters

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Novel

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Time and place of the story.

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Setting