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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution






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






3. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






4. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist






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






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






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






8. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






11. The main idea of a short story






12. The time and place of a literary work






13. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist






14. A character who changes






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






16. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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 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






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






20. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






24. The implied meaning of a word






25. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






33. The dictionary meaning of a word






34. 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.'






35. 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.'






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






37. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






40. Writing like we speak






41. 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






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






43. A character who does not change






44. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






47. The selection of words in a literary work






48. 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'






49. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






50. When characters say the opposite of what they mean