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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself






2. A struggle within a character






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






4. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. The means by which writers present and reveal character






12. A struggle within a character






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






14. The main character of a literary work






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. 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






18. 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






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






20. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






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






24. Writing like we speak






25. Writing like we speak






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






33. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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






36. 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'






37. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






38. A character who changes






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






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






41. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






43. 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.'






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






45. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






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






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






50. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects