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Fiction Basics Vocab
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1. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Conflict
Static
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
2. A struggle within a character
Verbal Irony
Dialogue
Internal Conflict
Satire
3. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Third Person Omniscient
Reversal
Flat Character
Dialect
4. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Diction
Theme
Imagery
Foil
5. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Antagonist
Onomatopoeia
Flashback
Foil
6. A set of conflicts and crises that make up a story's plot leading up to the climax
Rising Action
Internal Conflict
Allusion
Hyperbole
7. The main character of a literary work
Climax
Falling Action
Conflict
Protagonist
8. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Setting
First Person
Falling Action
Flat Character
9. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
Inciting Incident
Fiction
Verbal Irony
Personification
10. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Allusion
Characterization
Situational Irony
Denotation
11. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Conflict
Alliteration
Verbal Irony
Static
12. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Climax
Flat Character
Dramatic Irony
Imagery
13. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Internal Conflict
Static
Round Character
Antagonist
14. The insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Narrator
Flashback
Plot
Simile
15. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Reversal
Flashback
Understatement
Antagonist
16. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Syntax
Onomatopoeia
Denotation
Satire
17. 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'
Personification
Narrator
Assonance
Protagonist
18. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Conflict
Point of View
Recognition
Satire
19. 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
Recognition
Style
Conflict
Understatement
20. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Recognition
Dialect
Denotation
Connotation
21. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Narrator
Recognition
Falling Action
Diction
22. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer
Rising Action
Situational Irony
Connotation
First Person
23. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Antagonist
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Inciting Incident
24. The selection of words in a literary work
Exposition
Syntax
Narrator
Diction
25. The means by which writers present and reveal character
Hyperbole
Imagery
Exposition
Characterization
26. The main character of a literary work
Personification
Round Character
Complication
Protagonist
27. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Narrator
Round Character
Exposition
Rising Action
28. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Denotation
Inciting Incident
Hyperbole
Subplot
29. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Style
Dialogue
Exposition
Alliteration
30. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Satire
Situational Irony
Dialogue
Denouement
31. The dictionary meaning of a word
Personification
Third Person Omniscient
Denotation
Characterization
32. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Assonance
Theme
Exposition
Static
33. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
Hyperbole
Subplot
Internal Conflict
Flashback
34. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Reversal
Tone
Rising Action
Static
35. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Figurative Language
Inciting Incident
Metaphor
Simile
36. The angle from which a story is narrated
Static
Hyperbole
Point of View
Foil
37. 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
Alliteration
Style
Personification
Conflict
38. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Rising Action
Third Person Limited
Style
Plot
39. The main idea of a short story
First Person
Understatement
Theme
Simile
40. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Hyperbole
Fiction
Syntax
Foil
41. The time and place of a literary work
Setting
Reversal
Tone
Dramatic Irony
42. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Satire
Allusion
43. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Internal Conflict
Assonance
Tone
Foreshadowing
44. The implied meaning of a word
Satire
Connotation
Recognition
Exposition
45. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Symbol
Style
Antagonist
Connotation
46. The time and place of a literary work
Conflict
Hyperbole
Personification
Setting
47. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Figurative Language
Subplot
Parody
Antagonist
48. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Flat Character
Falling Action
Dialogue
Syntax
49. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Third Person Limited
Complication
Recognition
Alliteration
50. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Subplot
Tone
Foreshadowing
Figurative Language
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