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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






2. The time and place of a literary work






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






4. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






6. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






9. 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'






10. A struggle within a character






11. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






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






14. A character who changes






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






16. The implied meaning of a word






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






18. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






21. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






22. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






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






26. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






30. Writing like we speak






31. The unified structure of a literary work






32. 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






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






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






35. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






36. 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






37. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






38. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






39. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






41. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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







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