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Fiction Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Dialogue
Metaphor
Protagonist
Rising Action
2. 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
Point of View
Dramatic Irony
Exposition
Style
3. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Complication
Verbal Irony
Inciting Incident
Static
4. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Round Character
Allusion
Simile
Third Person Omniscient
5. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Dialogue
Syntax
Reversal
Dialect
6. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Rising Action
Symbol
Verbal Irony
Complication
7. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Complication
Narrator
8. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
Satire
Understatement
Personification
Exposition
9. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
Recognition
Subplot
Reversal
Protagonist
10. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Antagonist
Round Character
Antagonist
Theme
11. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Antagonist
Style
Figurative Language
Denotation
12. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Narrator
Foil
Hyperbole
Protagonist
13. The time and place of a literary work
Connotation
Setting
Situational Irony
Flat Character
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 -'
Foil
Metaphor
Parody
Imagery
15. The dictionary meaning of a word
Theme
Third Person Omniscient
Denotation
Metaphor
16. The unified structure of a literary work
Plot
Complication
Complication
Simile
17. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Climax
Round Character
Flat Character
First Person
18. 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'
Flashback
Antagonist
Assonance
Rising Action
19. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Falling Action
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Imagery
20. 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
Metaphor
Conflict
Complication
Falling Action
21. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama
Exposition
Fiction
Third Person Omniscient
Dialogue
22. 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
Denouement
Exposition
Verbal Irony
Figurative Language
23. The main character of a literary work
Denouement
Conflict
Protagonist
Foreshadowing
24. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Syntax
Exposition
Round Character
Theme
25. The angle from which a story is narrated
Personification
Round Character
Complication
Point of View
26. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Denotation
Third Person Omniscient
Situational Irony
Hyperbole
27. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Flat Character
Syntax
Setting
Reversal
28. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Dialect
Parody
Tone
Onomatopoeia
29. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Denouement
Diction
Subplot
Antagonist
30. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Verbal Irony
Imagery
Alliteration
Symbol
31. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Narrator
Recognition
Conflict
Tone
32. A character who does not change
Static
Imagery
Recognition
Flat Character
33. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.
Verbal Irony
Foil
Antagonist
Theme
34. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Metaphor
Falling Action
Plot
Syntax
35. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Symbol
Flashback
Internal Conflict
Antagonist
36. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Narrator
Foil
Connotation
Round Character
37. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Tone
Assonance
Syntax
Dialogue
38. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Flashback
Parody
Understatement
Hyperbole
39. 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
Dialect
Alliteration
Style
Inciting Incident
40. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Foreshadowing
Recognition
Internal Conflict
Tone
41. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Personification
Climax
Fiction
Point of View
42. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Recognition
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Dramatic Irony
43. The time and place of a literary work
Denouement
Setting
Exposition
Assonance
44. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Fiction
First Person
Tone
Protagonist
45. Writing like we speak
Understatement
Setting
Dialect
First Person
46. 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'
Imagery
Climax
Recognition
Assonance
47. 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.'
Syntax
Situational Irony
Simile
Denotation
48. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Figurative Language
Situational Irony
Denotation
Foil
49. A character who changes
Foreshadowing
Static
Third Person Omniscient
Dynamic
50. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Flashback
Allusion
Plot
Foil