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Fiction Basics Vocab
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writing-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Syntax
Tone
Connotation
Inciting Incident
2. The main character of a literary work
Allusion
Denotation
Alliteration
Protagonist
3. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Tone
Climax
Foil
First Person
4. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Complication
Style
Recognition
Fiction
5. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Foil
Hyperbole
Symbol
Complication
6. Writing like we speak
Round Character
Reversal
Simile
Dialect
7. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
Subplot
Characterization
Protagonist
Onomatopoeia
8. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Figurative Language
Understatement
Inciting Incident
Metaphor
9. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Connotation
Denouement
Rising Action
Verbal Irony
10. The unified structure of a literary work
Narrator
Satire
Characterization
Plot
11. 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.'
Figurative Language
Dramatic Irony
Simile
Situational Irony
12. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Verbal Irony
Exposition
Denotation
Climax
13. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Conflict
Plot
Understatement
Reversal
14. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Dramatic Irony
Complication
Assonance
Rising Action
15. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Exposition
Understatement
Personification
Alliteration
16. A character who changes
Denouement
Characterization
Dynamic
Denouement
17. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Figurative Language
Simile
Narrator
Exposition
18. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Point of View
Denouement
Assonance
Parody
19. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Diction
Internal Conflict
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
20. A character who does not change
Reversal
Static
Setting
Dramatic Irony
21. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Understatement
Conflict
Recognition
Foreshadowing
22. The means by which writers present and reveal character
Situational Irony
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Characterization
23. 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
Falling Action
Personification
Conflict
Syntax
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'
Denouement
First Person
Inciting Incident
Assonance
25. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Metaphor
Antagonist
Antagonist
Foreshadowing
26. A struggle within a character
Dramatic Irony
Internal Conflict
Exposition
Foil
27. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer
First Person
Verbal Irony
Foreshadowing
Foil
28. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Flat Character
Parody
Exposition
Verbal Irony
29. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Imagery
Foil
Situational Irony
Figurative Language
30. 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
Flashback
Falling Action
Simile
Figurative Language
31. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Flat Character
Recognition
Round Character
Inciting Incident
32. A character who changes
Round Character
Dynamic
Syntax
Subplot
33. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.
Alliteration
Style
Flashback
Foil
34. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Narrator
Denotation
35. A struggle within a character
Internal Conflict
Foreshadowing
Climax
Falling Action
36. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Understatement
Situational Irony
Satire
Assonance
37. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Flat Character
Symbol
Fiction
Foil
38. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Figurative Language
Plot
Third Person Limited
Subplot
39. A character who does not change
Dynamic
Static
Foil
Characterization
40. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
41. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.
Foil
Syntax
Satire
Theme
42. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution
Personification
Falling Action
Characterization
Dialogue
43. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Flashback
Falling Action
Parody
Understatement
44. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Static
Climax
Metaphor
Verbal Irony
45. The time and place of a literary work
Inciting Incident
Setting
Dialogue
Tone
46. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Complication
Round Character
Climax
Fiction
47. The means by which writers present and reveal character
Situational Irony
Static
Characterization
Dialogue
48. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama
Satire
Connotation
Fiction
Foil
49. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Denotation
Exposition
Assonance
Imagery
50. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Third Person Omniscient
Protagonist
Denouement
Tone