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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up






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






3. A character who does not change






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






5. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or 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. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story






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






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






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






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






12. The main character of a literary work






13. The implied meaning of a word






14. 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.'






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






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






17. 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'






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






19. The implied meaning of a word






20. The angle from which a story is narrated






21. A character who does not change






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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'






28. The dictionary meaning of a word






29. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






30. Writing like we speak






31. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






33. The dictionary meaning of a word






34. The main character of a literary work






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.'






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






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






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






45. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






47. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






49. 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






50. 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







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