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Fiction Basics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story
Climax
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
Parody
2. The things we can see - hear - taste - feel - or smell in a short story
Falling Action
Antagonist
Parody
Imagery
3. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Denouement
Plot
Theme
Situational Irony
4. The point in a plot which introduces the conflict and begins the rising action
Round Character
Point of View
Syntax
Inciting Incident
5. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words. 'Fetched fresh'
Antagonist
Alliteration
Theme
Dynamic
6. The resolution of the plot of a literary work. All the loose ends are tied up
Third Person Omniscient
Foreshadowing
Denouement
Connotation
7. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
Fiction
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
Antagonist
8. Narrator is not a character - but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts
Denouement
Third Person Limited
Connotation
Inciting Incident
9. The angle from which a story is narrated
Point of View
Syntax
Dynamic
Conflict
10. 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.'
Round Character
Foil
Simile
First Person
11. The main character of a literary work
Protagonist
Simile
Imagery
Tone
12. When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Understatement
Alliteration
Point of View
Metaphor
13. The grammatical order of words in a sentence
Syntax
Theme
Assonance
Foil
14. The dictionary meaning of a word
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Denotation
Flashback
15. The main idea of a short story
Conflict
Dialogue
Theme
Reversal
16. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Metaphor
Subplot
Third Person Omniscient
Parody
17. A humorous - mocking imitation of a literary work - sometimes sarcastic - but often playful and even respectful in its playful imitation
Alliteration
Dialect
Parody
Symbol
18. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
Protagonist
Allusion
19. 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
Symbol
Dynamic
Verbal Irony
20. 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
Climax
Style
Connotation
Characterization
21. A struggle within a character
Denotation
Internal Conflict
Flashback
Plot
22. Narrator knows everything about all the characters' thoughts and various situations
Third Person Omniscient
Third Person Limited
Theme
Syntax
23. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Climax
Hyperbole
Denotation
Onomatopoeia
24. A character or force against which the protagonist struggles
Denotation
Antagonist
Syntax
Dynamic
25. 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
Diction
Parody
Plot
26. The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution
Hyperbole
Inciting Incident
Dialect
Falling Action
27. The implied meaning of a word
Symbol
Figurative Language
Foil
Connotation
28. The point at which a character understands what his or her situation as it really is
Satire
Recognition
Characterization
Symbol
29. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist
Reversal
Satire
Conflict
Plot
30. The dictionary meaning of a word
Denotation
Dialect
Satire
Subplot
31. Hints of What is to come in the action of a story
Imagery
Personification
Foreshadowing
Diction
32. A character Who is well developed by the author and who many characteristics
Third Person Limited
Round Character
Symbol
Allusion
33. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Figurative Language
Foil
Hyperbole
Third Person Limited
34. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
Static
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
35. 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
Symbol
Conflict
Onomatopoeia
Complication
36. A struggle within a character
Antagonist
Internal Conflict
Theme
Protagonist
37. A reference to another literary work - myth - or work of art - in a short story
Dramatic Irony
Allusion
Antagonist
Inciting Incident
38. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself - that stands for something beyond itself
Dramatic Irony
Symbol
Situational Irony
Figurative Language
39. A character who contrasts the main character in a story.
Foil
Imagery
Diction
Point of View
40. When the opposite of What is expected occurs
Fiction
Situational Irony
Personification
Figurative Language
41. A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and makes fun of its stupidities
Denouement
Static
Satire
Climax
42. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Foil
Plot
Complication
Figurative Language
43. The time and place of a literary work
Symbol
Setting
Parody
Third Person Omniscient
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
Antagonist
Third Person Limited
Metaphor
Figurative Language
45. The time and place of a literary work
Narrator
Foreshadowing
Falling Action
Setting
46. The first stage of a story - in which necessary background information is provided
Dynamic
Exposition
First Person
Understatement
47. When characters say the opposite of what they mean
Narrator
Satire
Verbal Irony
Style
48. A character Who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
Climax
Flat Character
Static
Satire
49. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play
Complication
Climax
Denouement
Figurative Language
50. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work - to be distinguished from the actual living author
Parody
Narrator
Denouement
Simile