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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. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play






2. A character who does not change






3. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






4. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






5. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






6. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






8. The main idea of a short story






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






10. Writing like we speak






11. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






13. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






15. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






19. The selection of words in a literary work






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






21. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






22. The time and place of a literary work






23. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






26. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






27. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






31. The unified structure of a literary work






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






33. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






36. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






37. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






38. The unified structure of a literary work






39. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






41. The main character of a literary work






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






43. The main character of a literary work






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






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






46. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






49. 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'






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