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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters






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






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






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






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






6. A character who changes






7. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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 -'






10. 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.'






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






12. A character who does not change






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






14. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






15. The unified structure of a literary work






16. The selection of words in a literary work






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






18. The time and place of a literary work






19. The time and place of a literary work






20. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






21. The dictionary meaning of a word






22. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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 main idea of a short story






26. The conversation of characters in a literary work






27. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






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






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






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






33. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






35. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Writing like we speak






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






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






43. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






46. The main character of a literary work






47. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






49. The angle from which a story is narrated






50. Writing like we speak