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Fiction Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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'
Flat Character
Assonance
Point of View
Parody
2. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Assonance
Fiction
Third Person Limited
Complication
3. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Climax
Understatement
Satire
Dialogue
4. The unified structure of a literary work
Plot
Imagery
Narrator
Simile
5. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer
Dialogue
First Person
Diction
Style
6. The selection of words in a literary work
Point of View
Tone
Diction
Internal Conflict
7. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Characterization
Reversal
Figurative Language
Situational Irony
8. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Static
Connotation
Setting
Flat Character
9. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Connotation
Diction
Figurative Language
Metaphor
10. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
Exposition
Reversal
11. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
Figurative Language
Complication
Subplot
Flat Character
12. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Climax
Symbol
Simile
Subplot
13. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax
Hyperbole
Understatement
Subplot
Rising Action
14. 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
Conflict
Complication
Internal Conflict
Dynamic
15. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Verbal Irony
Imagery
Dialect
Assonance
16. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Syntax
First Person
Foreshadowing
Allusion
17. 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
Connotation
Flat Character
Figurative Language
Protagonist
18. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Personification
Dialogue
Simile
Metaphor
19. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Parody
Satire
Exposition
Metaphor
20. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
Personification
Round Character
Flat Character
Internal Conflict
21. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Foreshadowing
Internal Conflict
Satire
Syntax
22. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Syntax
Narrator
Denouement
Personification
23. A character who does not change
Static
Foreshadowing
Flat Character
Diction
24. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Protagonist
Point of View
Style
Metaphor
25. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Alliteration
Setting
Figurative Language
Conflict
26. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Satire
Understatement
Dialogue
Figurative Language
27. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Plot
Parody
Third Person Limited
Satire
28. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Verbal Irony
Inciting Incident
Climax
Internal Conflict
29. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Allusion
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Antagonist
30. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Imagery
Simile
Theme
Characterization
31. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Foil
Flashback
Tone
Hyperbole
32. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Dialogue
Complication
Personification
Hyperbole
33. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Complication
Parody
Setting
Hyperbole
34. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Dialect
Denouement
Diction
Parody
35. The main character of a literary work
Alliteration
Narrator
Protagonist
Foreshadowing
36. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Symbol
Third Person Limited
Reversal
Theme
37. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Third Person Omniscient
Flashback
Third Person Limited
Round Character
38. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Dialect
Connotation
Syntax
Alliteration
39. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Denotation
Protagonist
Symbol
Fiction
40. The main character of a literary work
Internal Conflict
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Protagonist
41. A character who does not change
Dynamic
Conflict
Static
Dramatic Irony
42. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Rising Action
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
First Person
43. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Inciting Incident
Static
Understatement
Onomatopoeia
44. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Third Person Omniscient
Personification
Symbol
First Person
45. The implied meaning of a word
Satire
Connotation
Third Person Limited
Dialect
46. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Onomatopoeia
Rising Action
Diction
Exposition
47. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Assonance
Inciting Incident
Protagonist
Narrator
48. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Imagery
Allusion
Understatement
Third Person Omniscient
49. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Dramatic Irony
Dynamic
Situational Irony
Onomatopoeia
50. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Hyperbole
Inciting Incident
Falling Action
Third Person Limited