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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax






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






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






4. The main character of a literary work






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






6. 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






7. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






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






11. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






13. Writing like we speak






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






15. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






18. The selection of words in a literary work






19. 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.'






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






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






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






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






24. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






26. 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






27. Writing like we speak






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






29. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story






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






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






32. The main character of a literary work






33. 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'






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






35. A character who changes






36. A character who does not change






37. 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






38. The implied meaning of a word






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






40. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






42. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The way an author chooses words - arranges them in sentences or in lines of dialogue or verse - and develops ideas and actions with description - imagery - and other literary techniques






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