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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






6. 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






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






8. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






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






12. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. A character who does not change






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






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






21. The main character of a literary work






22. The means by which writers present and reveal character






23. 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






24. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






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






28. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






40. 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'






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






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






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






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






45. The main idea of a short story






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






47. The dictionary meaning of a word






48. A struggle within a character






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






50. 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







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