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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






2. 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






3. The unified structure of a literary work






4. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






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






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






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






9. A character who does not change






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






11. 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






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






13. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






15. The selection of words in a literary work






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






17. A character who does not change






18. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






21. The means by which writers present and reveal character






22. A character who changes






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






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






25. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






27. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






28. Writing like we speak






29. 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.'






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






31. A character who changes






32. The selection of words in a literary work






33. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






34. The angle from which a story is narrated






35. The main character of a literary work






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






37. A struggle within a character






38. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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






41. The dictionary meaning of a word






42. The implied meaning of a word






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






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






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






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






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






48. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






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