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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means






2. Writing like we speak






3. The angle from which a story is narrated






4. The implied meaning of a word






5. 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






6. The main character of a literary work






7. Writing like we speak






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






9. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






11. The dictionary meaning of a word






12. The main idea of a short story






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






14. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






17. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






20. A character who changes






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






22. The angle from which a story is narrated






23. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






26. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. The implied meaning of a word






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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'






41. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






44. A character who does not change






45. 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.'






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






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






48. A character who does not change






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






50. The grammatical order of words in a sentence