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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation






2. The main idea of a short story






3. Writing like we speak






4. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






6. 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.'






7. 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






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






9. The time and place of a literary work






10. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






12. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






14. The selection of words in a literary work






15. The selection of words in a literary work






16. The unified structure of a literary work






17. 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






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






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






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






21. A character who does not change






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






23. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






25. A character who does not change






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. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






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






32. The dictionary meaning of a word






33. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






34. A character who changes






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






36. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






40. A character who changes






41. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






45. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






47. The main idea of a short story






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






49. 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.'






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