ENGL 203 Study Guide - Final Guide: Historical Criticism, New Historicism, Young Goodman Brown
12 Dec 2016
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Final exam review: fiction section: types of short fiction: What are the 3 early forms of fiction: parable= brief story that points to a moral, fable= brief stories that point to a moral that is stated explicitly and tale= story that narrates strange or fabulous happenings. When did the short story become popular: 19th century. What is a short novel called: novella. Plot: arrangement of events that make up a story. Conflict: struggle between opposing forces that is usually resolved by the end of the story. Exposition: provides background information we need to make sense of the action. Climax: turning point, moment of the greatest tension. Resolution: falling of the action as plots complications are sorted out and resolved. Denouement: outcome or resolution of events. Structure of a story: design or form of the completed action. Character: people or animals in a story that readers can relate to, protagonist= main character, antagonist= character or force against which the protagonist struggles.
