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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A character who changes






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






3. The main character of a literary work






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






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






6. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






7. A character who changes






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






9. 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






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






11. The main idea of a short story






12. The dictionary meaning of a word






13. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






23. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






24. A struggle within a character






25. The angle from which a story is narrated






26. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






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






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






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






32. The main idea of a short story






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






34. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






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






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






40. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






42. The means by which writers present and reveal character






43. A character who does not change






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






45. The selection of words in a literary work






46. The conversation of characters in a literary work






47. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






49. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






50. 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