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30 Cards in this Set
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What 3 legs does narrative stand on? |
Character, Drama/Action, Scene |
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What is the equation for drama? |
desire + obstacles = drama |
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What four things should a beginning do? |
1) Create tension, 2) Raise Questions, 3) Establish a narrative voice, 4) hint at the type of story that will follow |
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What four things will a good scene do? |
1) Cause a subsequent scene, 3) Explore various plays by the characters to get their own way 4) Include action that changes a characters position, relative to the end of the story |
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What five things should a middle include? |
1) Opposition, 2) Pace, 3) Exposition, 4) Flashbacks, 5) Flash-forwards |
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What are six ways to avoid a lethargic middle? |
1) Analyze the stakes, 2) Strengthen the bond of the protagonist with the antagonist 3) Add complication, 4) Add another characters, 5) Add another subplot, 6) Push On baby |
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What are the three ways to trim a flabby middle? |
1) Combine or cut characters, 2) Absorb a subplot, 3) Cut out the dullness |
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What two things to great endings accomplish? |
1) Feels perfect, 2) It surprises the reader |
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What three types of endings are there? |
1) Protagonist gets what they want, 2) Protagonist doesn't get what they want, 3) We don't know |
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What are the two types of speculative fiction? |
Genre fiction and literary fiction |
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What three things make up genre fiction? |
1) Established conventions, 2) Plot/action driven, 3) Concentrates on an external journey |
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What four things make up literary fiction? |
1) Theme and character driven, 2) Pays attention to style and language, 3) Focuses on internal/intellectual journey 4) Emphasis on psychological/emotional realism |
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What is the utopian classic? |
"Brave New World" |
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What is the dystopian classic? |
"The Handmaids Tale" |
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What does speculative fiction allow us to do? |
Imagine worlds in which issues like gender, sexuality, and race can be explored and a new future created |
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What does good speculative fiction need? |
Rounded characters with desires, struggles, and conflicts |
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What are the three types of narratives? |
1) Monomyth on Hero's Journey, 2) Disruption Narrative 3) Other worlds |
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What is symbolism? |
o Theuse of images and indirect suggestion to represent something larger |
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What is the opening? |
Theopening is a carefully camouflaged set of instructions that tell the reader HOWthe story should be read (Quiz Question) |
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What 6 things does the opening establish? |
1) Place, 2) Time, 3) Relationship, 4) Purpose, 5) Genre 6) Action |
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If present tense looks to the past, what does past tense look back to? |
Modified past perfect |
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What seven things is setting? |
1) Projection of character, 2) Antagonism, 3) Place, 4) Time, 5) Cultural Environment, 6) Geography, 7) Weather |
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What elements make a persons environment (name three)? |
Location, Ethnicity, Subculture, Friends/social group, Age, Real vs. imagined, Culture, Context, Age, Urban vs. real, Social strata/class, Religion, Career |
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What six things can setting do? |
1)SETTING can relate to the thematicsof the story. 2)SETTING can help reveal characteremotion. 3) SETTING includes the morals andrules of the world. 4) SETTING can help create tension byoperating in contrast. 5) SETTING can force the character toact. 6) SETTING is best evoked inwell-chosen concrete sensory detail |
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How do you create setting (4 ways)? |
- Descriptivelanguage - Specificsensory details - Cluesto the time and place - Weavethe details into the action |
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Who was attributed with saying "write what you know"? |
Hemmingway |
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What is imagery? |
- “Theuse of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such away that it appeals to our physical senses.” - Orin other words… Usingwords to paint a scene. |
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What 4 devices does imagery use? |
1) Simile, 2) Metaphor, 3) Personification, 4) Onomatopeia |
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How can imagery be used? (4 ways) |
- Toreveal setting - Toreveal character - Toreveal action - Toreveal themes |
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What are three main markets for early career writers whohave not yet completed a book-length project? |
o Literary journals/magazines o Literary contests o Literary anthologies |
