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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






3. The angle from which a story is narrated






4. The main idea of a short story






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






6. The main character of a literary work






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






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






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






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






11. A character who does not change






12. A character who changes






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






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






15. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






17. 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






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






19. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






22. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. A character who changes






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






32. The conversation of characters in a literary work






33. A struggle within a character






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






35. The main character of a literary work






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






43. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






46. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






48. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






50. When characters say the opposite of what they mean