PPT-What is Fiction?

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What is Fiction Fiction is literature that an author imagines or invents Sometimes the author bases the story on real events Types of Fiction Genre Historical

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What is Fiction Fiction is literature that an author imagines or invents Sometimes the author bases the story on real events Types of Fiction Genre Historical Fiction MythsLegendsFairy Tales Science Fiction. Landscape & people: an intro. Recent South African Fiction: Cape Town . City Center. Table Mountain. False Bay. Cape Point. Nature Reserve. Table Bay & Harbor. Devil’s Peak. Camps Bay. Sea Point. What is Historical Fiction?. Historical fiction is fiction set in the past. It contains a rich mixture of fact and fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may combine factual information about time, place, events, and real people of the period with fictional characters, dialogue, and details.. The Elements of Fiction. S. etting: the time, place, and general environment in which a piece of fiction occurs.. Characterization: the method an author uses to help the reader understand the characters.. The Problem of Knowledge. Epigraph to . The Lathe of Heaven. (1971). Confucius and you are both dreams, and I who say you are dreams am a dream myself. This is a paradox. Tomorrow a wise man may explain it; that tomorrow will not be for ten thousand generations.. For the higher grades, you will need a . concept. or . thesis. , which you will develop and or “prove” over the course of the essay.. You should also demonstrate evidence of wider reading.. Today: “flesh out” cultural background of American hard-boiled tradition. Reading, Writing, and Preparing for . the AP Lit Exam. NMSI (20-21 October 2014. Renee H. Shea. reneehshea@aol.com. What Is It?. Flash Fiction. Sudden Fiction. Nano-Fiction. Micro-Fiction . Very very short story … . Literature that is out of this World. Definition of Science Fiction. Prose writing. Presents the possibilities of the past or the future. Uses known scientific data and theories. Uses creative imagination of the writer. 1910 - 1930. Beginning of the Modern Age . (1910 –1930) . 20. th. Century—growth of population and power of the U.S.. Beginning of the Modern Age. . Problems with wars, depression, . society. Beginning of the Modern Age. Everything you read is either fiction or nonfiction.. How can you tell the difference? . Fiction is . FAKE. !. Fiction is make-believe.. Authors use their imaginations to write fiction stories.. In fiction books the pictures are not realistic.. 3 November 2016. Pippa Goldschmidt, STIS. Series of five workshops:. 26 Oct – planning for your thesis. 3 Nov – fiction writing. 23 Nov – writing sentences and paragraphs. 1. Feb – first draft vs editing. Intended solely to entertain. Legal thrillers, romance novels. Escapist. Formulaic. Literary Fiction. Written with serious artistic intentions by someone who hopes to enable readers to broaden understanding of life and to empathize with others. **FICTION:. Point . of View-. the perspective or vantage point from which the story is told. . 3 main kinds . of POV:. *. First Person: . the narrator is a character in the story. We see the story through his/her eyes. . Fiction and Non-Fiction. Genres of literature are divided into (2) categories. Non-Fictions are informational texts dealing with real-life subjects. Real or Actual. Fictions are narrative literary works produced by the imagination. What is Science Fiction?. A writing style that combines science and fiction . It is driven by the desire to ponder the question “What if…”. It is only limited by our imagination!. “Science Fiction is a story about human beings, with a human problem and human solutions which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.”.

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