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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story






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






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






4. 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






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






6. The unified structure of a literary work






7. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






9. A character who changes






10. The main character of a literary work






11. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






15. The dictionary meaning of a word






16. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






17. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






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






22. The time and place of a literary work






23. 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






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






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






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






27. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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






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






31. The selection of words in a literary work






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






33. The means by which writers present and reveal character






34. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






36. The implied meaning of a word






37. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






39. A character who does not change






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






41. 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






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






43. 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'






44. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






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






48. The dictionary meaning of a word






49. A struggle within a character






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







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