can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incidents or series of linked incidents

a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized

a work of drama, usually consisting mostly of dialogue between characters and intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading

Is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories

it is a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time.

What are the 7 fiction

non-conventional in plot structure

symbolism or allegory

places character befor plot

slows down the narrative to focus on themes and subtext

What are the 4 example pf literary fiction?

more popular and populist

written w/ the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre

romance, mystery, thriller, horror, fantasy, and children's books

relies heavily on familiar tropes, character archetypes and templates

Usually involves a murder, suspenseful pacing and a satisfying ending that addresses all of the reader's question

they increase the shock and suspense of popular genre fiction. stephen king is the master of contemporary horror

This novels are about the creation of a romantic relationship between people

It often takes place in a dystopian post- apocalyptic future

This novels are known for their fantasy characters, which include mythology creatures and medieval- style kingdoms that spread across imagined lands

more mature and have deeper themes

11-15 years old

portrays the real world with a undercurrent of magic and fantasy

allows you to look at the past through new eyes, and imagine the inner lives of characters based on historical events

combines the familiar with the unfamiliar in an alternate history or take an idea from the current society and push it further down the road

When a literary novel or genre novel becomes so popular that it attracts new readers and is a bestseller

What are the 6 example of mainstream fiction?

a means by which writers present and reveal characters

A physical and social ceontext in which the action of a story occur

way a writer chooses words

a person, object, image, word, ore vent that evoles a range of additional meanings beyond and usually more abstract that its literal significance

arranges them in sentences and longer units of disclosure

What are the 2 types of symbols?

The central idea or meaning of a story

the author's implicit attitude toward the reader, subject and/or the people, places, and events in a work as revealed by the elements of the author's style

partly to illuminatte the major characters

an important figure at the center of the story's action or theme

what is said and what is meant

what is expected to happen and what actually happens

what a character believes or says and what the reader understands to be true

arrangement of events that make up a story

who tells the story and how it's told

all knowing and takes the reader inside the character's thoughts, feelings, and motives

neither the reader nor the character(s) has access to the inner lives of any of the other characters in the story

the narrator does not see into the mind of any character

presents the point-of-view of only one character's consciousness