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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 -'






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






3. The main character of a literary work






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






5. 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






6. The main idea of a short story






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






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






9. A character who does not change






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. A character who changes






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






17. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






19. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






21. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






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






24. A character who does not change






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






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






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






28. Writing like we speak






29. A struggle within a character






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Writing like we speak






38. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






40. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






42. The implied meaning of a word






43. A struggle within a character






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






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






46. 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.'






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






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






49. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






50. The grammatical order of words in a sentence