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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
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1. The main idea of a short story






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






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






4. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






6. A character who changes






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






8. The selection of words in a literary work






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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






18. 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.'






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






20. The implied meaning of a word






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






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






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






24. 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






25. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






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






29. A character who changes






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






31. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






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






36. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






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






40. The selection of words in a literary work






41. The main idea of a short story






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






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






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






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






46. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






47. The means by which writers present and reveal character






48. The unified structure of a literary work






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






50. The grammatical order of words in a sentence