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The word action has more than one meaning in fiction
Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
. Action is one of the fiction-writing modes
Fiction-writing modes

A fiction-writing mode is a manner of writing with its own set of conventions regarding how, when, and where it should be used.Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse....
 authors use to present fiction. The term is also used to describe a subset of creative works emphasizing action rather than other aspects of storytelling.

ion is the mode fiction writers use to show what is happening at any given moment in the story," states Evan Marshall .






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The word action has more than one meaning in fiction
Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
. Action is one of the fiction-writing modes
Fiction-writing modes

A fiction-writing mode is a manner of writing with its own set of conventions regarding how, when, and where it should be used.Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse....
 authors use to present fiction. The term is also used to describe a subset of creative works emphasizing action rather than other aspects of storytelling.

Action as a fiction-writing mode

"Action is the mode fiction writers use to show what is happening at any given moment in the story," states Evan Marshall . Jessica Page Morrell
Jessica Page Morrell

Jessica Page Morrell is an United States author, writing coach, freelance editor, corporate trainer, and columnist. Her articles have been published in The Writer and Writer's Digest magazines....
 lists action as one of six delivery modes . According to Jordan E. Rosenfeld, action scenes help the " . . . reader to feel he is participating in the events . . . " . Although action is widely used in fiction, the most-effective techniques for its presention are a subject of ongoing discussion.

Action genre

The action genre is a class of creative works characterised by a more emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. The genre
Genre

A genre is a loose set of criteria for a category of composition; the term is often used to categorize literature and speech, but is also used for any other Art#Art forms or utterance....
 encompasses action-adventure fiction, action film
Action film

Action movies are a film genre where action sequences, such as explosions, Choreographed fight in cinema, shootouts, stunts, car chases or explosions either take precedence over or, in finer examples of the genre, are used as a form of exposition and character development....
s, action game
Action game

An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand-eye coordination and reaction-time. Action games are a vast genre that includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, first-person shooters, and platform games....
s and analogous media in other formats such as manga
Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
 and anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
.

See also

  • Writing
    Writing

    Writing is the representation of language in a textual Media through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and the recording of language via a non-textual medium such as Magnetic tape sound recording....
  • Rhetorical modes
    Rhetorical modes

    Rhetorical modes describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. Four of the most common rhetorical modes and their purpose are Expository writing, argumentation, description, and narrative....
  • Style (fiction)
    Style (fiction)

    In fiction, style is the manner in which the author tells the story....
  • Fiction
    Fiction

    Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....


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