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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.'






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






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






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






11. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






13. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.






14. 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






15. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






16. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






17. 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'






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






19. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author






20. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






21. 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.'






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






23. A character who does not change






24. A character who does not change






25. The time and place of a literary work






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 -'






27. A struggle within a character






28. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means






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






30. The main character of a literary work






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






32. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






33. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means






34. The selection of words in a literary work






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






36. The time and place of a literary work






37. 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






38. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story






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






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






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






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






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






44. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






46. The implied meaning of a word






47. The main idea of a short story






48. 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






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






50. When characters say the opposite of what they mean