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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is






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






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






4. The implied meaning of a word






5. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






6. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






7. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






9. A character who changes






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






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






12. Writing like we speak






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






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






15. The main idea of a short story






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






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






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






19. 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






20. The main character of a literary work






21. The main character of a literary work






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






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






24. 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






25. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






27. A character who does not change






28. The selection of words in a literary work






29. 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.'






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






31. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics






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






33. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






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






37. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






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






41. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






42. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






43. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






45. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






48. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






50. The unified structure of a literary work