THE ELEMENTS OF PROSE FICTION

1. Theme
Theme is the general idea of a story.
2. Setting
Setting is the information of the where the story occur and the time of the story. Setting also include a context (especially society) beyond the surround of the story, like culture, historical period, geography, and occupation.
3. Plot
Plot is the sequence of events.
4. Point of View
Point of view is the different angle to see the subject.
5. Character and Characterization
Character is an individual (usually a person) who play in a story. Characterization is the method used by the writer to develop a character.
6. Symbols
Symbols is the language style used by the author.
7. Atmosphere
Atmosphere is condition and emotion in a story.

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POINT OF VIEW IN PROSE

Point of view is relationship of the storyteller or narrator to the story. By the point of view, the author allows us to "see" and "hear" what's going on. The skillful of authors can makes the readers give attention to the story. Point of view is divided into two main kind.

First-person point of view
In the first person point of view, the narrator does participate in the action of the story. This point of view is used when a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech. He or she can appears as main character or supporting character.
Third-person point of view 

Here the narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters. The writer may choose third-person omniscient, in which the writer know everything and his knowledge and prerogative are unlimited, or third-person limited, in which the writer know only in one angle.

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DETERMINE THE FEET IN A LINE OF POETRY

How to determine the feet in a line?

1. Determine how many syllables are there in the line;

2. Read naturally the sentence (in reading there must be stressed and unstressed syllables, these will be used to determine the kind of feet possesed by the line).

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Kinds of Feet 

1. Iambic: 1 unaccented followed by 1 accented

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2. Trochaic: 1 accented followed by 1 unaccented
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 3. Dactylic: 1 accented followed by 2 unaccented

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 4. Anapestic: 2 unaccented followed by 1 accented

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 5. Spondaic: 2 unaccented

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Metrical lines
Metric is the art or study of using meter/ syllabic pattern in poetry;

1. After discovering the pattern of the feet, the next step is to determine the meter;
2. To know the meter, just count how many patterns are in the line and put one of the name of line below after the name of the pattern.

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Note:

• The sentence is called iambic, since it has pattern one unstressed followed by one stressed;
• It has four feet, so that the meter is tetrameter;
• So the name of the above line is iambic tetrameter.

Source: http://awinlanguage.blogspot.com/2012/04/basic-versification-of-poetry.html

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