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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






6. The implied meaning of a word






7. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






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






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






21. A character who does not change






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. A struggle within a character






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






30. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






31. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






32. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






34. The dictionary meaning of a word






35. The unified structure of a literary work






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






37. 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'






38. A struggle within a character






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






46. The means by which writers present and reveal character






47. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






49. The unified structure of a literary work






50. The implied meaning of a word