Test your basic knowledge |

Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






3. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations






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






5. The means by which writers present and reveal character






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






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






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






9. The unified structure of a literary work






10. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations






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






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






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






14. The main idea of a short story






15. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






16. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






19. A struggle within a character






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






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






22. The selection of words in a literary work






23. The unified structure of a literary work






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






25. The dictionary meaning of a word






26. Writing like we speak






27. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






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






31. The conversation of characters in a literary work






32. The dictionary meaning of a word






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






34. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






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 -'






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






37. A character who does not change






38. The time and place of a literary work






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






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






41. 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'






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






43. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






44. 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






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






46. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play






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