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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist






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






3. A character who changes






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






5. The implied meaning of a word






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






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






8. The conversation of characters in a literary work






9. The unified structure of a literary work






10. The main character of a literary work






11. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






14. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






17. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






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






21. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






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






24. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






26. The time and place of a literary work






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






28. The means by which writers present and reveal character






29. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Writing like we speak






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






36. The selection of words in a literary work






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






38. A struggle within a character






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






40. A character who changes






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






42. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






43. The implied meaning of a word






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






45. The time and place of a literary work






46. The main idea of a short story






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






48. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






49. 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






50. The means by which writers present and reveal character