As we go through the chapters in Perrine's, I will add the vocabulary words that you will be responsible for knowing and using. Please memorize and understand each of the terms, and know how they relate to one another and to the larger story.
· Commercial fiction
· Literary fiction
· Plot
· Conflict
· Protagonist
· Antagonist
· Suspense
· Dilemma
· Surprise ending
· Happy ending
· Unhappy ending
· Indeterminate ending
· Artistic unity
· Plot manipulation
· Rising action
· Falling action
· Climax
· Characterization
· Direct presentation (of a character)
· Indirect presentation (of a character)
· Flat character
· Stock character
· Round character
· Static character
· Developing (dynamic) character
· Theme
· Point of view (POV)
· Omniscient POV
· 3rd person limited POV
· Stream of consciousness
· 1st person POV
· Objective POV (AKA dramatic POV)
· Literary fiction
· Plot
· Conflict
· Protagonist
· Antagonist
· Suspense
· Dilemma
· Surprise ending
· Happy ending
· Unhappy ending
· Indeterminate ending
· Artistic unity
· Plot manipulation
· Rising action
· Falling action
· Climax
· Characterization
· Direct presentation (of a character)
· Indirect presentation (of a character)
· Flat character
· Stock character
· Round character
· Static character
· Developing (dynamic) character
· Theme
· Point of view (POV)
· Omniscient POV
· 3rd person limited POV
· Stream of consciousness
· 1st person POV
· Objective POV (AKA dramatic POV)