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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer






2. A struggle within a character






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






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






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






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






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






8. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






10. A character who changes






11. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






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






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






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






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






17. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






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






21. The dictionary meaning of a word






22. The implied meaning of a word






23. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






24. 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.'






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. The dictionary meaning of a word






31. The implied meaning of a word






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






33. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






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






37. 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'






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






39. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






42. The main idea of a short story






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






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






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






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






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






48. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters






49. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






50. The unified structure of a literary work