These are a few literary terms that are often used in stories:
A Novel is a fictitious story of book length.
A Novella is a mid-length work of fiction, shorter than a novel but longer than a short story.
A Short Story is piece of fiction that is shorter than a novel. It is traditionally based on a single plot, event, character/set of characters and typically leads quickly to a climax and resolution.
Elements of Prose Fiction
Narrative Techniques are techniques used in telling a story.
Point of View also known as narrative mode is defined as the perspective of the narrative voice.
Characterization is the process of conveying/creating the image or personality of the characters in a story.
Setting is the background, scene or environment where the story takes place.
Theme is one of the fundamental components of fiction which is the main idea or message of an essay, paragraph, movie or book.
Plot refers to the story line or plan of a literary work.
Style is a manner of putting thoughts into words or the characteristic mode of construction and expression in writing and speaking.
Literary Devices are specific aspects of literature, in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language, which we can recognize, identify, interpret and/or analyze.
Imagery is language that appeals to the senses : taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell.
Symbol is a person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well. In other words anything that suggests a meaning beyond the obvious.
Irony is the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is.
Satire is a literary genre or form where vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings are put up for ridicule.
Allusion is a figure of speech that is used to link concepts that the reader already has knowledge of, with concepts discussed in the story.
Structural Devices
Stream of Consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his/her actions.
Interior Monologue is a passage of writing presenting a character's inner thoughts and emotions in a direct, sometimes disjointed or fragmentary manner.
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point.
Foreshadowing is a
n author’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
Time frame is a period during which something takes place or is projected to occur.
Motif is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.
Juxtaposition is the arrangement of two or more characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.
The eight types of fiction are:
1.Fable
2.Science Fiction
3.Bildungsroman
4.Romance
5.Allegory
6.Picaresque
7.Gothic
8.Historical
Literary Context
- is anything beyond the specific words of a literary work that may be relevant to understanding and meaning.
Social Context/environment also known as the milieu, is the environment of people that surrounds something's creation or intended audience. Social context reflects how the people around something use and interpret it. The social context influences how something is viewed.
Political Context reflects the environment in which something is produced indicating it's purpose or agenda
Religious Context is the setting of a spiritual nature which sets the tone or background of a particular scene/ event in a story, novel or novelette
Ethnic Context is the ethnicity/ethnic background of the main characters in a story.
Historical Context reflects the time in which something takes place or was created and how that influences how you interpret it. In other words, it is the events that took place around something through which you understand that thing.
Moral Context sets the tone of the ethical or philosophical tone of the story.
Intellectual Context gives the academic or educational background of the protagonist.
Cultural Context is the overriding values and mores of the main characters in the book/story.
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