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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
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1. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






4. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






5. The time and place of a literary work






6. Writing like we speak






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






8. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






11. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






14. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






18. 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.'






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






20. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax






21. 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






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






23. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






24. 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'






25. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






27. A struggle within a character






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






29. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






30. The main character of a literary work






31. 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.'






32. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






34. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






36. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






38. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






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






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






43. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






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






47. The main idea of a short story






48. The dictionary meaning of a word






49. Writing like we speak






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