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Fiction Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution
Falling Action
Metaphor
Personification
Third Person Omniscient
2. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Narrator
Hyperbole
Symbol
Denotation
3. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Hyperbole
Climax
Alliteration
Dramatic Irony
4. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Alliteration
Reversal
Tone
Verbal Irony
5. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Dialogue
Metaphor
Parody
Exposition
6. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Flat Character
Internal Conflict
Satire
Antagonist
7. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Onomatopoeia
Internal Conflict
Connotation
Alliteration
8. The angle from which a story is narrated
Satire
Point of View
Rising Action
Assonance
9. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Syntax
Falling Action
10. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Inciting Incident
Climax
Falling Action
Exposition
11. The main idea of a short story
Point of View
Theme
Onomatopoeia
Foil
12. The time and place of a literary work
Climax
Protagonist
Connotation
Setting
13. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Connotation
Setting
Reversal
Personification
14. A character who changes
Dynamic
Static
Complication
Parody
15. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Denotation
Syntax
Denotation
Exposition
16. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Imagery
Static
Narrator
Syntax
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
Hyperbole
Falling Action
Figurative Language
Rising Action
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
Point of View
Foreshadowing
Connotation
Style
19. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Symbol
Internal Conflict
Tone
Characterization
20. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Foil
Tone
Falling Action
Simile
21. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Flat Character
Denotation
Falling Action
Protagonist
22. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Flashback
Flat Character
Climax
Recognition
23. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Diction
Complication
Narrator
Parody
24. The implied meaning of a word
Exposition
Flashback
Connotation
Metaphor
25. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Allusion
Inciting Incident
Fiction
Situational Irony
26. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Symbol
Imagery
Alliteration
Denouement
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
Falling Action
Dialogue
Denouement
Conflict
28. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Allusion
Inciting Incident
Denouement
Inciting Incident
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 -'
Dramatic Irony
Metaphor
Understatement
Flat Character
30. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Situational Irony
Flashback
Third Person Limited
Connotation
31. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Assonance
Recognition
Third Person Limited
Inciting Incident
32. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Climax
Plot
Hyperbole
Figurative Language
33. The dictionary meaning of a word
Denotation
Round Character
Connotation
Satire
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.'
Simile
Round Character
Inciting Incident
Verbal Irony
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.'
Tone
Dynamic
Simile
Situational Irony
36. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Imagery
Simile
Inciting Incident
Protagonist
37. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Dynamic
Reversal
Syntax
Narrator
38. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Plot
Rising Action
Onomatopoeia
Setting
39. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Symbol
Flashback
Setting
Tone
40. Writing like we speak
Dialect
Denouement
Climax
Verbal Irony
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
Tone
Style
Third Person Limited
Simile
42. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Dynamic
Characterization
Alliteration
Plot
43. A character who does not change
Narrator
Static
Simile
Allusion
44. The time and place of a literary work
Third Person Limited
Setting
Round Character
Denouement
45. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Foreshadowing
Diction
Situational Irony
Third Person Omniscient
46. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Complication
Denouement
Diction
Reversal
47. The selection of words in a literary work
Verbal Irony
Diction
Simile
Dialect
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'
Assonance
Dialect
Climax
Complication
49. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Static
Antagonist
Denotation
Allusion
50. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Verbal Irony
Conflict
Inciting Incident
Simile