literary terms

novel-is a long fiction almost always concentrating on character and incident and usually containg a plot.

novellas- applied to a story somewhat longer than a short story, but not long enough to be considered a novel.

short stories- a short prose fiction which concentrate on a few character or often 1 single character which lacks a complicated plot and liesurely description.

narrative technique- this is smply the technique in having a narrative skills,styles,of writing used by the author.

point of view- refers to the way inwhich a narrator approches his or her material( characters, action, setting and audience.

characterisation- the way inwhich the writer creates characters in a play or novel. either attract or repel our sympathy

setting- the time,place,eviroment and surroundings, circumctsances of event,story or play.

Theme- the abstract of a work. its central idea or ideas,which may or may not be explicit or obvious

plot- the arrangement or plan of incidents literary work (novels ,drama ,play)

style- the characteristic manner in which a writer ezpresses himor herself or the particular manner of an individual literary.

imagery- vivid description of an object or a scene

symbol-is something that represents something else

irony- adevice wher by the apprent maening of phrase or passage is different from the meaning it is really intended to convey.

satire- use of irony,ridicule sacasm

allusion- indirect reference

stream of consciousness- acommon narrative technique in the modern novel.an attempt to convey all the contents of characters mind feelings, mind,and thought.

interior monologue- an attempt to convey in words the process of conciousness or thought .

flashback- a term borrow from flims. a sudden jump backwards in time to an early episode or scene in a novel,story,play or flim.

forshadowing- the use of hints that suggest events that are to come.

timeframe-a period for when something is about to take place.

motif- some aspect of literature which reoccurs frequently.

juxtaposition- is the side by side or close togather.