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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play






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






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






4. The main idea of a short story






5. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






6. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






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






10. A character who changes






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






12. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






14. The unified structure of a literary work






15. The angle from which a story is narrated






16. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






17. The dictionary meaning of a word






18. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






21. A character who changes






22. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






24. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






26. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






27. 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'






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






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






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






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






32. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






33. 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.'






34. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






36. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






37. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






39. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






41. A struggle within a character






42. 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






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






44. Writing like we speak






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






46. A character who does not change






47. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






49. A struggle within a character






50. The main idea of a short story







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