Focus Area: Prose

TYPES OF  NOVELS:

• Epistolary
• Picaresque
• Autobiographical
• Gothic
• Historical
• Romantic
• Allegorical

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Aspects of a Narrative:

CHARACTER: (notes)

• Protagonist and Antagonist
• Major and Minor
• Dynamic and Static
• Stereotype
• Foil
• Hero:  Tragic, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Hemingway, Antihero

SETTING:

• General
• Specific
• Character or Foil
• Limiting Factor
• Reveal Style
• Reveal Character
• Reveal Theme

PLOT:

• Plot Diagram
• Foreshadowing and Flashback
• In Media Res
• Subplot and Parallel Plot

Analyzing Characters
Says
Thinks
Acts
Reacts

NARRATION:

• 1st Person, 3rd Person Objective, 3rd Person Omniscient
• Stream of Consciousness
• Chorus
• Stage Manager
• Interior Monologue
• Motif