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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story






2. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






3. The angle from which a story is narrated






4. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






8. The means by which writers present and reveal character






9. The dictionary meaning of a word






10. 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






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






12. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






13. 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'






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






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






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






18. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






21. 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






22. A struggle within a character






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






24. The conversation of characters in a literary work






25. The time and place of a literary work






26. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






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






31. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






32. The main character of a literary work






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






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






35. Writing like we speak






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






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






38. The main idea of a short story






39. 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






40. A character who does not change






41. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






44. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






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






48. The main character of a literary work






49. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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 -'