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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution






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






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






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






5. 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






6. The time and place of a literary work






7. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






9. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






11. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






14. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






16. 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






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






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






19. A character who does not change






20. The implied meaning of a word






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






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






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






24. The dictionary meaning of a word






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.'






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






30. Writing like we speak






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






32. The selection of words in a literary work






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






34. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






36. 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.'






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






38. The main character of a literary work






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






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






41. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






43. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






47. A struggle within a character






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






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






50. The unified structure of a literary work