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






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






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






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






6. The unified structure of a literary work






7. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






8. The time and place of a literary work






9. When characters say the opposite of what they mean






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






11. The grammatical order of words in a sentence






12. The dictionary meaning of a word






13. The selection of words in a literary work






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






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






16. The implied meaning of a word






17. 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






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






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






20. The selection of words in a literary work






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The attitude of a writer toward the subject






28. Writing like we speak






29. A figure of speech involving exaggeration






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. The main idea of a short story






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






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






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 -'






42. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles






43. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects






44. The time and place of a literary work






45. 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






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






47. 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'






48. The main idea of a short story






49. The angle from which a story is narrated






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