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Fiction Basics Vocab
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1. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Hyperbole
Tone
Denouement
Characterization
2. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Satire
Flat Character
Complication
Falling Action
3. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Antagonist
Round Character
Understatement
Metaphor
4. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Climax
Allusion
Hyperbole
Protagonist
5. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Complication
Allusion
Symbol
Narrator
6. 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
Plot
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Style
7. The means by which writers present and reveal character
Syntax
Allusion
Characterization
Personification
8. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama
Simile
Metaphor
Connotation
Fiction
9. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Protagonist
Connotation
10. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Climax
Diction
Theme
Third Person Limited
11. The angle from which a story is narrated
Third Person Omniscient
Onomatopoeia
Dialogue
Point of View
12. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Flat Character
Fiction
Tone
Point of View
13. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Satire
Fiction
Climax
Dialogue
14. The unified structure of a literary work
Diction
Exposition
Plot
Falling Action
15. 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
Hyperbole
Style
Internal Conflict
Conflict
16. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Metaphor
Parody
Subplot
Plot
17. 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'
Assonance
First Person
Setting
Flashback
18. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Imagery
Figurative Language
Dialect
Conflict
19. The dictionary meaning of a word
Diction
Denotation
Point of View
Internal Conflict
20. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Fiction
Narrator
Antagonist
Dynamic
21. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax
Dialogue
Third Person Limited
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
22. The main character of a literary work
Rising Action
Subplot
Understatement
Protagonist
23. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Narrator
Fiction
Third Person Omniscient
Complication
24. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Situational Irony
Figurative Language
Alliteration
Metaphor
25. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.
Foil
Symbol
Understatement
Exposition
26. The implied meaning of a word
Imagery
Connotation
Denotation
Third Person Omniscient
27. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Reversal
Dialogue
Satire
Simile
28. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Allusion
Protagonist
Situational Irony
Foreshadowing
29. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Dynamic
Dramatic Irony
Complication
Protagonist
30. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Simile
Dramatic Irony
Point of View
Parody
31. The main character of a literary work
Tone
Protagonist
Imagery
Alliteration
32. 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
Style
Round Character
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
33. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Allusion
Connotation
Conflict
Parody
34. The selection of words in a literary work
Recognition
Inciting Incident
Denouement
Diction
35. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Rising Action
Round Character
Reversal
Verbal Irony
36. 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.'
Dramatic Irony
Narrator
Protagonist
Simile
37. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Style
Foreshadowing
Situational Irony
Syntax
38. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution
Connotation
Inciting Incident
Falling Action
Rising Action
39. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Falling Action
Complication
Characterization
Setting
40. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Third Person Limited
Verbal Irony
Denotation
Climax
41. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Imagery
Denouement
Satire
Tone
42. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Recognition
Inciting Incident
Diction
Third Person Omniscient
43. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Third Person Limited
Static
Denotation
Inciting Incident
44. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution
Syntax
Falling Action
Plot
Round Character
45. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Satire
Static
Simile
Foil
46. 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.'
Simile
Dialect
Denotation
Assonance
47. The time and place of a literary work
Internal Conflict
Setting
Verbal Irony
Narrator
48. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Dialogue
Fiction
Setting
Hyperbole
49. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax
Denouement
Rising Action
Connotation
Fiction
50. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Narrator
Foreshadowing
Dialogue
Diction