Test your basic knowledge |

Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The unified structure of a literary work






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






3. A character who changes






4. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






5. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The unified structure of a literary work






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






15. The main idea of a short story






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






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






18. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






20. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






21. A character who does not change






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






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






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






25. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






33. The selection of words in a literary work






34. 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.'






35. 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'






36. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






37. The implied meaning of a word






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






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






40. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






42. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






43. 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






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






45. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






48. A struggle within a character






49. Writing like we speak






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