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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters






2. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






3. The main character of a literary work






4. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






5. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






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






9. A character who changes






10. A character who does not change






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






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






13. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






15. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities






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






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






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






19. A struggle within a character






20. 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.'






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






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






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






24. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






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






27. The means by which writers present and reveal character






28. 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






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






30. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






37. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






38. The main idea of a short story






39. A character who changes






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






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






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






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






44. A struggle within a character






45. The unified structure of a literary work






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






47. The conversation of characters in a literary work






48. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






49. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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