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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






4. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






7. The angle from which a story is narrated






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. The main idea of a short story






14. 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.'






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






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






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






18. The conversation of characters in a literary work






19. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






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






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






24. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






25. The main idea of a short story






26. The main character of a literary work






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






28. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






30. 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






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






32. The dictionary meaning of a word






33. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means






34. Writing like we speak






35. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






37. 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






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






39. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






41. A character who changes






42. 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'






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






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






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






46. The implied meaning of a word






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






48. 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'






49. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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