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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author






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






3. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'






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






5. The implied meaning of a word






6. Writing like we speak






7. 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






8. 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






9. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






10. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






12. 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






13. A character who does not change






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






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






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






26. The unified structure of a literary work






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






28. The angle from which a story is narrated






29. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






30. A character who changes






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






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






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






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






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






36. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






37. A struggle within a character






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






39. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






40. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer






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






42. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






44. A character who does not change






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






46. The means by which writers present and reveal character






47. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided






48. The selection of words in a literary work






49. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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