Fiction Vocabulary

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A scene is a sequence where a character or characters engage in some sort of action and/or dialogue.

Realistic Fiction

A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life.

A fictional story that uses imagination and things that are impossible (talking animals, magic, etc.)

Science fiction

a type of fiction that uses science and technology that has yet to be invented. (robots, computers, spaceships, time machines, etc.)

one of the people (or animals) in a story

the person or character who actually tells the story, filling in the background information and bridging the gaps between the dialogue.

where and when the story takes place

a problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story

is the conversations that characters have with one another.

A thoughtshot is when a writer explains what a character is thinking (and, sometimes, feeling) at a particular point in time.

is a place where a writer uses physical detail to describe a character, a setting, and/or an action.

the angle from which a story is told. The angle depends upon the narrator, or person telling the story.

the action that makes up the story

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