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Fiction Basics Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the opposite of What is expected occurs






2. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






6. The conversation of characters in a literary work






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






8. The angle from which a story is narrated






9. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story






10. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






11. 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






12. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






13. A character who does not change






14. A character who does not change






15. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






17. 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.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






25. The time and place of a literary work






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






27. A struggle within a character






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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'






34. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






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






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






37. Writing like we speak






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






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






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






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






42. The selection of words in a literary work






43. 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






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






45. The main character of a literary work






46. The main character of a literary work






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






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






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






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