Understanding the Genres of Fiction and Drama

It is a narrative device that refers to a contrived element in the plot to solve a problem.

• Irony

• Deus ex machina

• Conflict

• Foreshadowing

It a series of imagined facts which illustrates truths about human life.

• Fiction

• Drama

• Poetry

• Nnfiction

It is a type of play that showcases a longer exposition of the theme and conflict.

• Three-act play

• One-act play

• Five-act play

• Two-act play

It is the central idea/ message that the story conveys.

• Plot

• Characters

• Setting

• Theme

It is a brief artistic prose form that centers on a single main incident.

• Short story

• Novel

• Poems

• Narratives

It is a narrative device that employs the use of a past event.

• Throwback

• Twist

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

It is a part of a plot that introduces the conflict.

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Denouement

It is an example of fiction where animals are the inhabitants in the story.

• Parable

• Myth

• Epic

• Fable

It is the vantage point or the angle from which the readers can see how the story unfolds.

• Dialogue

• Personal view

• Bird's view

• Point of view

It is the place and time of a story.

• Characters

• Area

• Setting

• Scene