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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A character who does not change






2. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






3. A struggle within a character






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






5. The dictionary meaning of a word






6. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






8. A struggle within a character






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






10. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






12. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






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






17. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






20. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






22. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






32. Writing like we speak






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






34. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






36. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






37. Writing like we speak






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






39. 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'






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






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






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






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






49. The selection of words in a literary work






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