THE LOGOPHILE LEXICON
PART V: CORE COMPONENTS
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5.1: Core Components - Fiction
5.2a: Core Components - Types of Poetry
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5.1: Core Components - Fiction
5.2a: Core Components - Types of Poetry
- 5.2b: Poetry by the Numbers
- 5.2.c: Poetic Form and Structure
- 5.2d: Figures of Speech
- 5.2e: Poetic Movements and Ages
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PART 5.1 Core Components - Fiction
ANTAGONIST - the main character in a work of fiction who comes into conflict with the protagonist (hero or heroine).
CHARACTER - featured in a story and used as a medium to communicate/interact with the reader; he or she is given a specific attitude or attitudes, appearance, name, etc. to direct a storyline. Characters can be major or minor and static (unchanging) or dynamic (capable of change).
CLIMAX - the moment of greatest intensity in a work of fiction; the most exciting and important part of a story, usually occurring at or near the end. The climax is the turning point in the action.
COMPLICATION - a situation or detail of a character that complicates the main thread of a plot. A complication builds up and develops the primary or central conflict in a literary work.
CONFLICT - a struggle, disagreement, or difference between opposing forces in a literary work, usually resolved by the end of the work.
DÉNOUEMENT - the outcome of a plot; the resolution or final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work. The dénouement reveals the answers to secrets/misunderstandings in the plot and comes after the climax.
DIALOGUE - a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing; the conversations between characters in a literary work, typically enclosed within quotation marks.
EXPOSITION - this also refers to the first stage of a plot, in which necessary background information is provided.
FICTION - a story about people and events that are not real; literature that tells a story that has been imagined by the writer.
FLASHBACK - when a relevant past event is brought up in the current time of the story. A common way for this to occur is through a narration or a dream. Flashbacks create complications within the chronology of the plot to help enrich the experience of time.
FLAT CHARACTER - an uncomplicated character in a story who is illustrated by very few traits. A flat character is opposite to a round character. Although such characters are important, they tend to remain static in their temperaments and personalities throughout the story.
FOIL - a character in a story whose purpose is to bring out certain characteristics in either the main character or in other characters. Thus, the foil character will contrast with and parallel those characters.
IMAGERY - the images collected and used in a written work to add to the ambiance; language used by a writer that causes readers to imagine pictures in their minds, which gives them a mental image of the people, places, and things in a story.
MOTIF - the reoccurring aspect (object, issue) in a story; can also be two binary elements in a piece of writing (e.g., bad versus good). A recurring salient thematic element, especially a dominant idea or central theme.
NARRATIVE - a collection of events featured in a story that are placed in a certain order and recounted to tell a story. The story may or may not be true, and the events are placed in a specific order.
NARRATOR - the person or character who tells and explains a story; the person who says the words that are heard as part of a story; the person describing what is happening in a story; a person who provides the narration for something.
PLOT - the direction of a story's main events and incidents and how they relate to one another.
POINT OF VIEW (POV) - the angle from which a story is told or narrated. Point of view can be first person, objective, limited omniscient, or omniscient. First person: the narrator is either a character in the story or an observer. Objective: the narrator knows (or seems to know) no more than the reader. Limited omniscient: the narrator knows some things about the characters, but not everything. Omniscient: the narrator knows everything about the characters.
PROTAGONIST - the principal or main character in a literary work.
RECOGNITION - the point at which a character acknowledges his or her situation for what it really is; the act of knowing who or what someone or something is because of previous knowledge or experience.
RESOLUTION - the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict or problem; the act of resolving something.
REVERSAL - the point in the plot at which the action turns in an unexpected direction; usually involves the protagonist.
RISING ACTION - the set of conflicts in a story that lead up to the climax.
ROUND CHARACTER - a character in a story who is complex, dynamic, and maybe even contradictory; a round character is the opposite of a flat character. A round character's personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
SETTING - the time, place, and conditions in which the action of a story takes place and which establish its context.
SUBJECT - the main topic of a piece of writing; what a story is about. A subject can be found in a sentence, a paragraph, an essay, or a book.
SUBPLOT - a subordinate plot in fiction that coexists with the main plot.
SYMBOL - something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance, especially a visible sign of something invisible; an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed.
SYNTAX - the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses) in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue. The organization of these words and phrases creates prose, verse, and dialogue.
CHARACTER - featured in a story and used as a medium to communicate/interact with the reader; he or she is given a specific attitude or attitudes, appearance, name, etc. to direct a storyline. Characters can be major or minor and static (unchanging) or dynamic (capable of change).
CLIMAX - the moment of greatest intensity in a work of fiction; the most exciting and important part of a story, usually occurring at or near the end. The climax is the turning point in the action.
COMPLICATION - a situation or detail of a character that complicates the main thread of a plot. A complication builds up and develops the primary or central conflict in a literary work.
CONFLICT - a struggle, disagreement, or difference between opposing forces in a literary work, usually resolved by the end of the work.
DÉNOUEMENT - the outcome of a plot; the resolution or final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work. The dénouement reveals the answers to secrets/misunderstandings in the plot and comes after the climax.
DIALOGUE - a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing; the conversations between characters in a literary work, typically enclosed within quotation marks.
EXPOSITION - this also refers to the first stage of a plot, in which necessary background information is provided.
FICTION - a story about people and events that are not real; literature that tells a story that has been imagined by the writer.
FLASHBACK - when a relevant past event is brought up in the current time of the story. A common way for this to occur is through a narration or a dream. Flashbacks create complications within the chronology of the plot to help enrich the experience of time.
FLAT CHARACTER - an uncomplicated character in a story who is illustrated by very few traits. A flat character is opposite to a round character. Although such characters are important, they tend to remain static in their temperaments and personalities throughout the story.
FOIL - a character in a story whose purpose is to bring out certain characteristics in either the main character or in other characters. Thus, the foil character will contrast with and parallel those characters.
IMAGERY - the images collected and used in a written work to add to the ambiance; language used by a writer that causes readers to imagine pictures in their minds, which gives them a mental image of the people, places, and things in a story.
MOTIF - the reoccurring aspect (object, issue) in a story; can also be two binary elements in a piece of writing (e.g., bad versus good). A recurring salient thematic element, especially a dominant idea or central theme.
NARRATIVE - a collection of events featured in a story that are placed in a certain order and recounted to tell a story. The story may or may not be true, and the events are placed in a specific order.
NARRATOR - the person or character who tells and explains a story; the person who says the words that are heard as part of a story; the person describing what is happening in a story; a person who provides the narration for something.
PLOT - the direction of a story's main events and incidents and how they relate to one another.
POINT OF VIEW (POV) - the angle from which a story is told or narrated. Point of view can be first person, objective, limited omniscient, or omniscient. First person: the narrator is either a character in the story or an observer. Objective: the narrator knows (or seems to know) no more than the reader. Limited omniscient: the narrator knows some things about the characters, but not everything. Omniscient: the narrator knows everything about the characters.
PROTAGONIST - the principal or main character in a literary work.
RECOGNITION - the point at which a character acknowledges his or her situation for what it really is; the act of knowing who or what someone or something is because of previous knowledge or experience.
RESOLUTION - the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict or problem; the act of resolving something.
REVERSAL - the point in the plot at which the action turns in an unexpected direction; usually involves the protagonist.
RISING ACTION - the set of conflicts in a story that lead up to the climax.
ROUND CHARACTER - a character in a story who is complex, dynamic, and maybe even contradictory; a round character is the opposite of a flat character. A round character's personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
SETTING - the time, place, and conditions in which the action of a story takes place and which establish its context.
SUBJECT - the main topic of a piece of writing; what a story is about. A subject can be found in a sentence, a paragraph, an essay, or a book.
SUBPLOT - a subordinate plot in fiction that coexists with the main plot.
SYMBOL - something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance, especially a visible sign of something invisible; an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed.
SYNTAX - the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses) in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue. The organization of these words and phrases creates prose, verse, and dialogue.
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