Elements of Fiction 2

A type of plot that does not follow a typical chronological sequence but orders events in a fragmentary way.

• episodic

• spectacle

• tragic flaw

• classic plot

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The time and space or the physical and social contexts where a story takes place.

• plot

• dialogue

• monologue

• setting

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The mood or general feeling evoked by the setting.

• tone

• atmosphere

• purpose

• verbal

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The narrator is the person or persona who is telling the story. The narrator knows and reveals everything , including what's in the mind of the characters.

• intrusive

• unreliable

• omniscient

• dramatic

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The narrator gives his/her comments or opinions, in contrast to an objective narrator who does not.

• omniscient

• intrusive

• subjective

• elusive

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

The narrator cannot be trusted for some reasons like lying, mad, prejudiced et. He/She tells the story using the first, third, or in rare instances, second person.

• elusive

• objective

• intrusive

• unreliable

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The feeling hovering over the story is not only created by the setting, but also by the narrator's attitude toward the characters or story that he/she is telling.

• tone

• mood

• fear

• catharsis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A narrative perspective and refers to the "eyepiece" or angle from which readers witness the events as told by the narrator.

• soliloquy

• symbol

• point of view

• mood

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

It is an object that is literally present and serves a literal purpose in the story but also seems to have a deeper, layered, or figurative meaning.

• point of view

• moral

• theme

• symbol

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

This kind of irony occurs when the opposite of what is expected to happen is what actually happens.

• dramatic

• situational

• verbal

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3