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






3. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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






6. 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'






7. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






9. A character who changes






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






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






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






13. The conversation of characters in a literary work






14. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. A struggle within a character






21. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts






22. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






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






26. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






28. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts






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






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






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






32. The main character of a literary work






33. 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






34. A character who does not change






35. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






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






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






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






41. The selection of words in a literary work






42. 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'






43. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






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






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






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