Module 6: Fiction
Activity 1 : : Activity 2 : : Activity 3 : : Activity 4 : : Activity 5 : : Activity 6
Activity 2: Key Terms and Concepts
(Also refer to the Literary Elements from Module 3.)
- Allegory
- Allusion
- Apostrophe
- Connotation
- Denotation
- Diction
- Elements of
- Style
- Tone
- Epiphany
- Flashback
- Genre
- Hyperbole
- Imagery
- In media res
- Irony
- Metonymy
- Narrative (and Narrator)
- Persona
- Plot
- Recognize how the following influence a work of fiction:
- Figurative language
- Setting
- Symbolism
- Style
- Sub-genres
- Novel
- Epistolary Novel
- Nonfiction Novel
- Apprenticeship Novel
- Picaresque Novel
- Novella
- Epic Novel
- Fable
- Parable
- Tale
- Nonfiction Novel
- Short Story
- Setting
- Subplot
- Symbol
- Synecdoche
- Theme
- Tone
- Understatement
Look up these terms in the glossary of your textbook or in the Glossary of terms on MyLiteratureLab Module 3 and learn their definitions. Create a visual schematic of these terms either using concept maps, notes, or flash cards. Enter these key terms, definitions, concepts and vocabulary into your notebook or computer file. Apply these concepts to the stories you read - you might analyze each story as a unit, examining how each of these elements is used in the story, or you might explore each element as a unit, comparing, for example, point of view between stories.
Citation: sguy. (2007, September 28). Module 6: Fiction. Retrieved January 07, 2009, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/literature-parts-i-and-ii-after-10-19-2007/m6a2.html.
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