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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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.'






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






3. The unified structure of a literary work






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






5. The unified structure of a literary work






6. The dictionary meaning of a word






7. 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






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






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






10. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






12. The main character of a literary work






13. The means by which writers present and reveal character






14. 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






15. The main idea of a short story






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






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






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






19. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation






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






21. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






24. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






25. The conversation of characters in a literary work






26. Writing like we speak






27. 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'






28. A character who changes






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






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






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






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






33. 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'






34. A struggle within a character






35. Writing like we speak






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






37. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






39. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






43. The time and place of a literary work






44. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






46. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






47. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






48. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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







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