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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action






2. The means by which writers present and reveal character






3. The implied meaning of a word






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






5. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






7. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided






8. The unified structure of a literary work






9. 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.'






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






11. The main idea of a short story






12. 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






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






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






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






16. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






17. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama






18. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






19. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story






20. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story






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






22. The dictionary meaning of a word






23. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action






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






25. Writing like we speak






26. A character who changes






27. A character who does not change






28. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story






29. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author






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






31. A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play - usually resolved by the end of the work. It may occur within a character as well as between characters






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






33. 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.'






34. The main idea of a short story






35. A struggle within a character






36. A struggle within a character






37. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself






38. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story






39. A character who changes






40. 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






41. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts






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






43. The means by which writers present and reveal character






44. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama






45. Writing like we speak






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






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






48. A character who does not change






49. The time and place of a literary work






50. A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play - usually resolved by the end of the work. It may occur within a character as well as between characters