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Fiction Basics Vocab
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writing-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Point of view in which the narrator is a character or an observer
Round Character
Plot
First Person
Personification
2. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Personification
Tone
Allusion
Syntax
3. The unified structure of a literary work
Flat Character
Climax
Plot
Understatement
4. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Syntax
Narrator
Verbal Irony
Characterization
5. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Round Character
Reversal
6. A character who changes
Dynamic
Plot
Third Person Omniscient
Denouement
7. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Exposition
Symbol
Dialogue
Foreshadowing
8. The implied meaning of a word
Conflict
Fiction
Exposition
Connotation
9. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Conflict
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Climax
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
Antagonist
Imagery
Figurative Language
Round Character
11. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Setting
Dynamic
Exposition
Flat Character
12. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Verbal Irony
Understatement
Simile
Diction
13. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Diction
Metaphor
First Person
Antagonist
14. The means by which writers present and reveal character
Assonance
Characterization
Internal Conflict
Flashback
15. The attitude of a writer toward the subject
Tone
Parody
Complication
Verbal Irony
16. 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
Style
Tone
Static
Characterization
17. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Conflict
Satire
Diction
Fiction
18. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Parody
Dramatic Irony
Dialogue
Understatement
19. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Simile
Assonance
Understatement
Exposition
20. 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.'
Simile
Situational Irony
Static
Foreshadowing
21. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Inciting Incident
Recognition
Narrator
Syntax
22. A parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot
Denouement
Point of View
Flashback
Subplot
23. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Reversal
Third Person Limited
Protagonist
Syntax
24. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Complication
Dialogue
Denotation
Assonance
25. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Narrator
Internal Conflict
Flashback
Alliteration
26. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Flat Character
Allusion
Inciting Incident
Round Character
27. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
Personification
Connotation
Connotation
Characterization
28. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Dialogue
Metaphor
Subplot
Inciting Incident
29. The conversation of characters in a literary work
Dynamic
Foreshadowing
Dialogue
Hyperbole
30. A character who does not change
First Person
Dynamic
Climax
Static
31. The time and place of a literary work
Setting
Denotation
Antagonist
Narrator
32. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Hyperbole
Connotation
Assonance
Dramatic Irony
33. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama
Parody
Allusion
Protagonist
Fiction
34. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Denouement
Metaphor
Alliteration
Internal Conflict
35. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama
Static
Fiction
Foreshadowing
Connotation
36. The implied meaning of a word
Connotation
Point of View
Foreshadowing
Denouement
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
Conflict
Style
Fiction
Protagonist
38. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Internal Conflict
Understatement
Characterization
Dynamic
39. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Dialect
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Narrator
40. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Style
Recognition
Figurative Language
Imagery
41. A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as. ex. 'My love is a red - red rose -'
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Rising Action
Figurative Language
42. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Imagery
Climax
Symbol
Syntax
43. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Characterization
Round Character
Satire
Allusion
44. 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
Alliteration
Style
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
45. A struggle within a character
Imagery
Allusion
Internal Conflict
Third Person Omniscient
46. 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'
Verbal Irony
Assonance
Alliteration
Exposition
47. Writing like we speak
Understatement
Dialect
Allusion
Protagonist
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'
Understatement
Assonance
Point of View
Third Person Limited
49. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Subplot
Understatement
Dramatic Irony
Flashback
50. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Subplot
Allusion
Assonance
Foil