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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A character who does not change






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






3. The implied meaning of a word






4. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






5. A struggle within a character






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






7. The main character of a literary work






8. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The implied meaning of a word






19. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






21. A character who does not change






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






23. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






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






27. The main character of a literary work






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






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






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






31. The dictionary meaning of a word






32. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






36. Writing like we speak






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






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






39. 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.'






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






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






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






43. 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






44. The selection of words in a literary work






45. 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






46. The unified structure of a literary work






47. The time and place of a literary work






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






49. The unified structure of a literary work






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







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