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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 means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






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






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






6. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






7. The implied meaning of a word






8. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






12. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






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






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






17. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






18. The main idea of a short story






19. The main character of a literary work






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






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






22. The time and place of a literary work






23. The main character of a literary work






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The dictionary meaning of a word






31. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






36. The conversation of characters in a literary work






37. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






38. 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






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






40. The implied meaning of a word






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






42. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






43. The unified structure of a literary work






44. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






45. The main idea of a short story






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






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






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






49. The unified structure of a literary work






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







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