Fiction Terms Part 2

    Flashback

• An interruption of time in the story - the character(s) remember/relive past events
• Anticipating danger or risk - keeps the reader interested
• A contrast between expectation and reality
• When the exact opposite of what was expected happens

    Suspense

• Anticipating danger or risk - keeps the reader interested
• A contrast between expectation and reality
• When the exact opposite of what was expected happens
• When the reader knows more than the character(s) - used to build suspense *think horror

    Irony

• A contrast between expectation and reality
• When the exact opposite of what was expected happens
• When the reader knows more than the character(s) - used to build suspense *think horror
• When opposite of what is said is meant - sarcasm

    Situational Irony

• When the exact opposite of what was expected happens
• When the reader knows more than the character(s) - used to build suspense *think horror
• When opposite of what is said is meant - sarcasm
• How the author feels about the subject matter

    Dramatic Irony

• When the reader knows more than the character(s) - used to build suspense *think horror
• When opposite of what is said is meant - sarcasm
• How the author feels about the subject matter
• How the reader feels while reading the story

    Verbal Irony

• When opposite of what is said is meant - sarcasm
• How the author feels about the subject matter
• How the reader feels while reading the story
• When something means more than its literal meaning

    Tone

• How the author feels about the subject matter
• How the reader feels while reading the story
• When something means more than its literal meaning
• The message of the story - what you learn *big picture*

    Mood

• How the reader feels while reading the story
• When something means more than its literal meaning
• The message of the story - what you learn *big picture*
• A reference to another work in a work

      Symbolism

• When something means more than its literal meaning
• The message of the story - what you learn *big picture*
• A reference to another work in a work
• When the story has a deeper meaning than the surface plot

Theme

• The message of the story - what you learn *big picture*
• A reference to another work in a work
• When the story has a deeper meaning than the surface plot
• The way characters speak based on their region, culture, background, etc.