21st Century Literature: 2nd Quarter Reviewer
Plot Character Hook Slam-bang Finish
Elements of Flash Fiction
Non-linear Novel
Events are portrayed out of chronological order or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of events featured
Advanced Technology Extraterrestrial Organisms Unexplained Phenomenon Space Travels Alien Civilizations with Advanced spacecraft Teleportation or Telekinesis
Events cannot be explained accurately by science (not the genre, but the events)
Seeks Interaction
Examples: Dora Series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Fleabag
Six-word Story
Has a subject and a verb that give the reader a sense of what's happened and a bit of conflict
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
How people deal with an apocalyptic world
Surprise
How writer plays, with words and ideas
Realistic Fiction
Speculated upon how a character would react to the changes of the world
ou
A Greek word meaning "not"
topos
A Greek word meaning "place"
Speaculative Fiction
A broad genre that encompasses stories that take place in imaginary worlds as a result of one or more "what if...?" questions
Dystopian Fiction
A futuristic world portrayed in a negative way
Utopian Fiction
A genre that originated in book written by Thomas More with the same name
Reader Reading a Story
A novel or movie where a reader reads a novel
The Author is a Character
A practice by authors of writing themselves into their stories, either explicitly or in a thinly disguised form
Six-word Story
A short narrative that can have all of the emotional themes of longer story- from funny to dramatic, sad to scary
Flash Fiction
A very short story
Seeks Interaction
Also known as "breaking the fourth wall"
Merging of Characters
Also known as "crossover fiction"
The Author is a Character
Also known as self-insertion
Six-word Story
An entire story told in six words
Fourth Wall
An imaginary wall that separates the story from the real world
Alternate History
Based on the idea that every decision that is made in our reality, there is another place where the event or decision turned out differently
The citizens are controlled by propaganda Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society Citizens are perceived to be under surveillance Citizens have a fear of the outside world Citizens live in a dehumanized state The natural world is banished and distrusted Citizens conform to uniform expectation Individuality and dissent are bad The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world
Characteristic of Dystopian Fiction
Brevity Complete Plot Surprise
Characteristics of Flash Fiction
Seeks Interaction
Characters acknowledges their fictionality, by either directly or indirectly addressing the audience
Narrative Footnote
Commenting on the story while telling it, wither in footnotes or within the text
Science Fiction
Deals mainly with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society and individuals
Apocalyptic Fiction
Deals with the end of civilization either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster.
Character Plot Point of View Setting Style Theme
Elements of Fiction
The Author is a Character Non-linear Novel A Piece Seeking Interaction/Seeks Interaction Narrative Footnote Character/Narrator Exposes Themselves (basta halaba haha) Merging of Characters Writer Writing a Story Parallel Novel Reader Reading a Story
Elements of a Metafiction
Parallel Novel
Examples: Finding Dory, Maleficent, Lightyear
Reader Reading a Story
Examples: Inkheart, The Neverending Story, The History of Don Quixote
Non-Linear Novel
Examples: Kaleidoscope, 500 Days of Summer, Cloud Atlas
The Author is a Character
Examples: Marvel Movies, To All the Boys I've loved before, Dante's Inferno
Narrative Footnote
Examples: Snuff, The Silmarillion, Crazy Rich Asians
Writer Writing a Story
Examples: The Hours, W: Two Worlds, Strange Than Fiction
The Narrator/Character Intentionally or Accidentally Exposes Themselves as the Author
Examples: Titanic, How I Met Your Mother, The Gifted
Merging of Characters
Examples: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Shrek Forever After
Realistic Fiction
Explores the "what ifs" of character development
Speculative Fiction
Explores the "what ifs" of what is possible in the world
Science Fiction
Far-future space operas or time travel which may seem implausible but still not beyond the realm of a certain theory
Science Fiction
Generally presume elements of the modern world and attempt to predict how they could possible develop
Science Fiction Fantasy Utopian Fiction Dystopian Fiction Apocalyptic Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Alternate History
Genres/Types of Speculative Fiction
Smoke-long Fiction
In China, flash fiction is called as ___________.
Merging of Characters
Individual stories merge together
Realistic Fiction
Invented stories that can actually happen in real life
Non-linear Novel
It heavily relies on flashforwards, flashbacks, dream sequences, or foreshadowing
Narrative Footnote
It helps provide context, important hints and background information
Speculative Fiction
It is about what the future holds
Speculative Fiction
It is beyond reality
Utopia/Utopian Fiction
It means "no place", "nowhere", "not a place"
Meta
It means self-referential; "about"
Credits
Lists the contributors to the back Contains a writer, an artist, and an inker
Fiction
Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
Fiction
Made up stories
Comic Book
Mainly used for entertainment purposes
Science Fiction
May be based on or contradict scientific facts
Science Fiction
Most popular type of speculative fiction
The Narrator/Character Intentionally or Accidentally Exposes Themselves as the Author
Narrator is the one controlling or manipulating the story
Narrative Footnote
Notes are placed at the bottom of the page
Fantasy
Often involves a journey or quest
Parallel Novel
One that either takes places within another work, based off of another work, a second work that with another work, or uses the structure and characters of another novel
Slam-bang Finish
Open-ended
Sudden fiction Short-short stories Microfiction Microstories Smoke-long Fiction
Other terms for Flash Fiction
Caption Panel Dialogue Balloons Gutter Thought Bubble
Parts of a Comic Book (Inside)
Main Title Subtitle Credits Cover Image Publisher
Parts of a Comic Book Cover
Dystopian Fiction
Presents a futuristic, imagined worlds in which there is only an illusion of a perfect society
Utopia
Presents a world that is ideally perfect in all aspects of society, where there is no violence, crime nor injustice
Providing supplementary information that goes beyond the narrator's point of view Adding meta-commentary on the story itself Telling a completely distinct and separate story Serving as a simple entertainment
Purposes of a narrative footnote
Non-linear Novel
Reading the novel other that from beginning to end
Fantasy
Result of author's pure imagination
Parallel Novel
Same setting and period, but a minor character now leads the story
Metafiction
Self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Set in a world after a disaster
Alternate History
Set in worlds in which one or more historical events unfold differently from how it did in reality
Brevity
Six to 1,000 words; brief and concise
Dystopian Fiction
Society itself is typically the antagonist
Fantasy
Superheroes with might powers
Morsels of Memory
Tackled on the kindness of the narrator's mother towards others even of its languid sinewy body
Sir Thomas More
The author who wrote "Utopia"
Complete Plot
The beginning, middle, end
Metafiction
The character is aware that they are a character in a fictional story
Seeks Interaction
The piece itself seeks interaction with the audience and sees the piece itself as a living entity
What If...
The question being asked in a realistic fiction or speculative fiction
Writer Writing a Story
The role of a character is a writer or author in the story.
Main Title
The title of the comic denoting the series it belongs to
The Narrator/Character Intentionally or Accidentally Exposes Themselves as the Author
There must be a narrator to reveal themselves as an author
Subtitle
Title of the individual issue
Fantasy
Uses magic and supernatural elements in plot, theme, and setting
Youngsters and Children
Usual Audience of a comic book
Fantasy
Usually set in a realm that includes mythical creatures and supernatural powers
1516
Utopia, the book, dated back to ____.
Charlotte Aninion-de Guzman
Who wrote the literature "Morsels of Memory"
Surprise
With a twist
Morsels of Memory
Written by Charlotte Aninion-de Guzman
Fiction
describes the imaginary events and people
Character
one to two
Comic Book
refers to any format that uses a combination of frames, words, and pictures to convey meaning and tell a story.
Hook
to get the attention of readers