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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.






2. The dictionary meaning of a word






3. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






4. 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.'






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






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. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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'






23. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






24. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






26. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






35. A character who does not change






36. 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.'






37. The time and place of a literary work






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






39. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






41. A struggle within a character






42. The implied meaning of a word






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






44. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






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






48. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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