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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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.'






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






3. The main character of a literary work






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






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






6. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






9. The implied meaning of a word






10. A struggle within a character






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






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






13. The implied meaning of a word






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






15. The main character of a literary work






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






17. A character who changes






18. The main idea of a short story






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






20. The main idea of a short story






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






28. The selection of words in a literary work






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






37. The time and place of a literary work






38. The angle from which a story is narrated






39. The means by which writers present and reveal character






40. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






41. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






43. Writing like we speak






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






45. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






48. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






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