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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story






2. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






3. The unified structure of a literary work






4. 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






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






6. A struggle within a character






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






8. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






10. A character who changes






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






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






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






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






15. Writing like we speak






16. The angle from which a story is narrated






17. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






18. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






20. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






22. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






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






27. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






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






31. Writing like we speak






32. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






33. A struggle within a character






34. The selection of words in a literary work






35. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






37. The dictionary meaning of a word






38. 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'






39. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is






40. The main idea of a short story






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






42. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






43. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






46. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is






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






48. A character who does not change






49. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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