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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A character who changes






9. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






10. The angle from which a story is narrated






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






12. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






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






14. 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'






15. A character who does not change






16. The main idea of a short story






17. A character who changes






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






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






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






21. The implied meaning of a word






22. The selection of words in a literary work






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






24. 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.'






25. The unified structure of a literary work






26. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






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






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






32. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A struggle within a character






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






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






42. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






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






44. Writing like we speak






45. Writing like we speak






46. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






47. 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






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






49. A character who does not change






50. The implied meaning of a word