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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story






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






3. The conversation of characters in a literary work






4. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






6. Writing like we speak






7. 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






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






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






10. The selection of words in a literary work






11. The selection of words in a literary work






12. The implied meaning of a word






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






14. A character who changes






15. 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






16. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






18. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






21. A struggle within a character






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






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






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






25. The time and place of a literary work






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






27. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






28. The dictionary meaning of a word






29. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






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






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






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






35. Writing like we speak






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






37. A character who does not change






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






39. 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.'






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






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






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






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






44. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






47. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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






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