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Terminology
Fiction
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English
Undergraduate 1
08/30/2013

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irony
Definition
implies a discrepancy by depicting circumstances which run contrary to expectations.
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satire
Definition
a form of writing which employs wit to attack folly and/or expose hypocrisy, depicting a debased or vulgarized world.
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parody
Definition
a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule.
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tone
Definition
the way a writer conveys an attitude through word choice, sentence structures and what is actually said.
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history
Definition
a retelling of events of the past in the form of narration; the most factual form of fiction.
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realism
Definition
a form of fiction recognizably bound to the same laws as those which govern reality.
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romance
Definition
a story which is neither wildly fantastic nor bound by conventions of realism yet offers a heightened sense of reality.
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fantasy
Definition
a story of events which go beyond our sense of the natural possibilities in this world.
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comic rise
Definition
character encounters a solution to a disharmonious situation which adapts him/her to the order of the world.
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juxtaposition
Definition
the way elements of a plot are located next to one another to contribute to the design of the story.
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plot
Definition
the ordering of events in a story as an ongoing process with a beginning, middle and end.
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