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Fiction Basics Vocab
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1. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Exposition
Denouement
Foil
Reversal
2. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Onomatopoeia
Round Character
Subplot
Tone
3. The main character of a literary work
Round Character
Protagonist
Alliteration
Flat Character
4. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Understatement
Alliteration
Figurative Language
Narrator
5. The means by which writers present and reveal character
Verbal Irony
Characterization
Theme
Situational Irony
6. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Figurative Language
Narrator
Third Person Limited
Reversal
7. The implied meaning of a word
Protagonist
Setting
Connotation
Verbal Irony
8. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Verbal Irony
Hyperbole
Recognition
Imagery
9. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Onomatopoeia
Falling Action
Characterization
Figurative Language
10. 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.'
Simile
Foreshadowing
Denotation
Foil
11. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama
Hyperbole
Satire
Dynamic
Fiction
12. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Third Person Omniscient
Fiction
Narrator
Syntax
13. 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
Connotation
Style
Personification
Personification
14. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Tone
15. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Inciting Incident
Round Character
Flat Character
Falling Action
16. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Third Person Limited
Foil
Allusion
Tone
17. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
Assonance
Tone
Dramatic Irony
Subplot
18. The dictionary meaning of a word
Antagonist
Denotation
Foreshadowing
Syntax
19. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Understatement
Dialogue
Protagonist
Style
20. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Verbal Irony
Narrator
Subplot
Plot
21. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Plot
Antagonist
Verbal Irony
Point of View
22. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Flat Character
Subplot
Figurative Language
Alliteration
23. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Exposition
Falling Action
Metaphor
Third Person Limited
24. 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.'
Simile
Imagery
Satire
Symbol
25. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Inciting Incident
Situational Irony
Syntax
Antagonist
26. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Protagonist
Third Person Limited
Internal Conflict
Antagonist
27. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Symbol
Point of View
Tone
Dialect
28. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Conflict
Denouement
Narrator
Verbal Irony
29. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Syntax
Simile
Flat Character
Dialogue
30. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.
Falling Action
Complication
Assonance
Foil
31. The dictionary meaning of a word
Characterization
Denotation
Climax
Point of View
32. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Tone
Third Person Limited
Figurative Language
Setting
33. The time and place of a literary work
Setting
Situational Irony
Flat Character
Fiction
34. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Inciting Incident
Situational Irony
Setting
Foreshadowing
35. 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
Figurative Language
Point of View
Theme
Reversal
36. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Antagonist
Situational Irony
Connotation
Foreshadowing
37. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Symbol
Third Person Omniscient
Flashback
Syntax
38. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Point of View
Satire
Recognition
Allusion
39. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Round Character
Hyperbole
Style
Point of View
40. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Flat Character
Internal Conflict
Simile
Antagonist
41. A struggle within a character
Internal Conflict
Connotation
Situational Irony
Syntax
42. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Setting
Situational Irony
Third Person Omniscient
Foil
43. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Round Character
Inciting Incident
Understatement
Plot
44. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Third Person Omniscient
Point of View
Rising Action
Static
45. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Parody
Tone
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
46. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Parody
Syntax
Dramatic Irony
Dialogue
47. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Narrator
Foreshadowing
Antagonist
Imagery
48. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Flashback
Personification
Allusion
Situational Irony
49. 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
Plot
Inciting Incident
Figurative Language
Third Person Omniscient
50. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer
First Person
Internal Conflict
Imagery
Climax
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