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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






4. 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






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






6. The unified structure of a literary work






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






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






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






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






11. A struggle within a character






12. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






14. Writing like we speak






15. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






17. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






18. Writing like we speak






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






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






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






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






23. A character who changes






24. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






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






27. 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.'






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






29. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






30. 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.'






31. The implied meaning of a word






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






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






34. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






35. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






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






39. A character who changes






40. 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'






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






42. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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






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






45. The implied meaning of a word






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






47. The conversation of characters in a literary work






48. The main character of a literary work






49. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






50. A character who does not change