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What is a trope?
What is a trope?
What is the purpose of TV Tropes?
What is the purpose of TV Tropes?
What are the two types of settings?
What are the two types of settings?
What is the difference between a dynamic and a static character?
What is the difference between a dynamic and a static character?
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What is a genre?
What is a genre?
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Study Notes
- A story is a narrative that describes a sequence of events.
- A genre is a category of artistic composition, characterized by a particular style, form, or content.
- A trope is a recurrent theme or device in a story.
- TV Tropes is a website that catalogs and analyzes tropes in stories.
- POV is the angle, viewpoint, & / or perspective from which the story is told.
- Narrator is the character, voice, or camera who tells the story.
- Protagonist is the main character, often a hero, who the story focuses on and is followed most closely by the reader / audience.
- Types of POVs include First Person, Second Person, and Third Person.
- Setting is the time (when) & place (where) in which a story takes place.
- General Setting vs. Specific Settings.
- Stated vs. Inferred Setting.
- Integral vs. Backdrop.
- Realistic vs. Imaginary.
- General Setting vs. Specific Settings.
- Stated vs. Inferred Setting.
- Integral vs. Backdrop.
- Realistic vs. Imaginary.
- Setting & Genres Examples.
- Characters are important to a story and can be either dynamic (developing over the course of the story) or static (unchanging throughout the story).
- Characters can be round (complex and well-developed) or flat (one-dimensional).
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Test your knowledge of story elements such as narrative, genre, trope, POV, narrator, protagonist, setting, and characters with this quiz.
