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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The means by which writers present and reveal character






13. The implied meaning of a word






14. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






16. Writing like we speak






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






18. 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'






19. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. The unified structure of a literary work






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






27. The selection of words in a literary work






28. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






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






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






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






40. The selection of words in a literary work






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






42. The time and place of a literary work






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






44. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






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






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






49. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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