Literary devices

Novel- A novel is a long narrative in literary prose.

Noveller- ( also called a short story) is a written friction prose narrative longer than novelette but shorter than a novel.

Short story- is a work of friction that is usually written in prose often in a narrative format.

Narrative Techniques- the methods involved in telling a story.

Point of View- Refers to the way in which a narrator approaches his or her material.

Characterization- The way in which a writer creates characters in a narrative so as to attract or repel sympathy.

Settings- The time or place in which a play takes place.

Theme- The abstract subject of a word; its central idea or ideas which may or may not be explicit or  obvious.

Plot- The plan of a literary work, expecially of  dramas and novels.

Style- The characteristic manner in which a writer expresses him/herself  or a particular manner of an individual literary work.

Imagery- Is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience.

Symbol- Is something which represent something else.

Irony- A manner of speaking or writing that is dispersed through all kinds of literature; irony consist of saying one thing while you mean another.

Satire- Literature which exhibit or examines vice and folly and makes them appear ridiculous or contemptable.

Allusion- Is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a representation of a place, event, literary work, myth or work of art either directly or by implication.

Stream of Consciousness- The attempt to convey all the content of a characters  mind, memory, sense perception, feelings, intention thought.

Interior Monologue- An attempt to convey in words the process of consciousness or thought.

Flashback- A sudden jump back words in time to an earlier episode or seen a story of a novel, play or film.

Foreshadowing- The technique of suggesting or prefiguring a  development in a literary work before it occurs.

Time Frame- A period during which something  takes place or is projected to occur.

Motif- A recurrent thematic; words, image, symbol, phase or action.

Juxtaposition- To put side by side or close together.

 Eight types of fiction
1. human fiction
2. science fiction
3.  historical fiction
4. realistic fiction
5. animal fiction
6. traditional fiction
7. mystery fiction
8. fantasy fiction