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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






10. The implied meaning of a word






11. The time and place of a literary work






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






13. Writing like we speak






14. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






22. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






24. A character who changes






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






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






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






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






29. 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'






30. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. The main idea of a short story






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






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






40. The dictionary meaning of a word






41. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






42. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






45. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






46. 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






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






48. The angle from which a story is narrated






49. The dictionary meaning of a word






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