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






2. The time and place of a literary work






3. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






4. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






7. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






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






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






12. The main character of a literary work






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






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






15. 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.'






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Writing like we speak






21. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






23. The selection of words in a literary work






24. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






25. A struggle within a character






26. The implied meaning of a word






27. The main character of a literary work






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






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






30. Writing like we speak






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






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






33. A character who does not change






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






35. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






36. The means by which writers present and reveal character






37. 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






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






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






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






41. A character who changes






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






49. 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'






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