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Fiction Basics Vocab
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writing-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Understatement
Complication
Onomatopoeia
Dynamic
2. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama
Falling Action
Falling Action
Climax
Fiction
3. The implied meaning of a word
Connotation
Complication
Fiction
Denouement
4. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Dialogue
Connotation
Imagery
Understatement
5. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Parody
Round Character
Dialogue
Flat Character
6. A struggle within a character
Theme
Internal Conflict
Antagonist
Dramatic Irony
7. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Subplot
Theme
Recognition
Denotation
8. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Denouement
Dialogue
Verbal Irony
Diction
9. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Rising Action
Foil
Dramatic Irony
Flat Character
10. The implied meaning of a word
Exposition
Point of View
Connotation
Setting
11. The main character of a literary work
Rising Action
Protagonist
Falling Action
Exposition
12. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Satire
Complication
Figurative Language
Recognition
13. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Flashback
Narrator
Satire
Subplot
14. A character who does not change
Point of View
Fiction
Recognition
Static
15. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Allusion
Dialect
Protagonist
Personification
16. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Plot
Connotation
Style
Verbal Irony
17. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Alliteration
Simile
Imagery
Allusion
18. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Round Character
Point of View
Connotation
Dramatic Irony
19. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax
Alliteration
Rising Action
Recognition
Complication
20. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Inciting Incident
Situational Irony
Satire
Exposition
21. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Antagonist
Narrator
Situational Irony
Round Character
22. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Denouement
Imagery
Third Person Limited
Dynamic
23. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax
Rising Action
Recognition
Subplot
Antagonist
24. The selection of words in a literary work
Diction
Rising Action
First Person
Syntax
25. 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
Complication
Dramatic Irony
Subplot
Conflict
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 -'
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
Static
First Person
27. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Tone
Setting
Symbol
Hyperbole
28. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Complication
Round Character
Satire
Narrator
29. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Assonance
Climax
Denouement
Metaphor
30. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Conflict
Flat Character
Understatement
Antagonist
31. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Climax
Verbal Irony
Personification
Narrator
32. A character who changes
Dynamic
Plot
Hyperbole
Figurative Language
33. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Alliteration
Symbol
Imagery
Protagonist
34. The selection of words in a literary work
Third Person Omniscient
Symbol
Protagonist
Diction
35. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Foreshadowing
Static
Connotation
Dynamic
36. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Subplot
Foreshadowing
37. The unified structure of a literary work
Internal Conflict
Plot
Subplot
Symbol
38. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Complication
Flashback
Recognition
Parody
39. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Subplot
Flashback
Characterization
Foil
40. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Allusion
Third Person Omniscient
Parody
Tone
41. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Verbal Irony
Symbol
42. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Antagonist
Reversal
Reversal
Exposition
43. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Theme
Syntax
Metaphor
Point of View
44. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Symbol
Denouement
Narrator
Third Person Omniscient
45. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.
Figurative Language
Foil
Connotation
Round Character
46. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Tone
Personification
Assonance
Parody
47. The angle from which a story is narrated
Hyperbole
Simile
Point of View
Personification
48. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Situational Irony
Denotation
Internal Conflict
Satire
49. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Rising Action
Symbol
Situational Irony
Characterization
50. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Fiction
Assonance