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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. The means by which writers present and reveal character






2. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






5. The main idea of a short story






6. A character who changes






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






8. The implied meaning of a word






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






10. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






13. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






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






17. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






19. The selection of words in a literary work






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






21. The angle from which a story is narrated






22. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






25. A struggle within a character






26. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






28. 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






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






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






31. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






33. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






36. The selection of words in a literary work






37. A character who does not change






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






39. 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






40. Writing like we speak






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






42. 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






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






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






45. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






46. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






47. The means by which writers present and reveal character






48. The unified structure of a literary work






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






50. The main character of a literary work







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