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English 20 Public

Literary genres and elements

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A book about a person's life, written by that person

Autobiography

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A short description of a book, film, etc., written by the people who have produced it.

Blurb

15

The character who tells you what is happening in a book or film

Narrator

15

The writer of a book, article, play, etc.

Author

15

A book containing a long story told mostly in pictures but with some writing

Graphic novel

15

The main male character in a book or film who is usually good

Hero

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To look quickly at the pages of a magazine, book, etc.

Flick through something

15

The tenses used for telling a story/ tale or describing a series of events

Narrative tenses

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The type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts

Fiction

15

A story in which very frightening and unnatural things happen

Horror story

15

The story of a book, film, play, etc.

Plot

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The time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, etc. happens

Setting

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Writing that is about real events and facts, rather than stories that have been invented

Non-fiction

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Caused by forces that cannot be explained by science

Supernatural

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Something strange or not known that has not yet been explained or understood.

Mystery

15

A person represented in a film, play, or story

Character

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