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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A character who does not change






2. The implied meaning of a word






3. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play






4. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations






5. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist






6. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story






7. A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like - as - or as though. An example: 'My love is like a red - red rose.'






8. The time and place of a literary work






9. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






10. A character who does not change






11. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist






12. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities






13. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






14. The way an author chooses words - arranges them in sentences or in lines of dialogue or verse - and develops ideas and actions with description - imagery - and other literary techniques






15. Writing like we speak






16. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities






17. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation






18. The conversation of characters in a literary work






19. A character who changes






20. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution






21. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose - as in 'I rose and told him of my woe'






22. The selection of words in a literary work






23. The selection of words in a literary work






24. A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. Examples include hyperbole - simile and metaphor






25. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax






26. The unified structure of a literary work






27. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'






28. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






29. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






30. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics






31. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'






32. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'






33. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






34. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means






35. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






36. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up






37. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe






38. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot






39. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics






40. The angle from which a story is narrated






41. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.






42. The means by which writers present and reveal character






43. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative






44. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative






45. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






46. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means






47. A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. Examples include hyperbole - simile and metaphor






48. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer






49. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






50. The unified structure of a literary work