Fiction Terms

Question 1

Tale in prose w/literal & symbolic meaning. Abstract ideas/moral qualities.

Answer 1

Allegory

Question 2

Person opposing protagonist

Answer 2

Antagonist

Question 3

Carries out plot of story

Answer 3

Character

Question 4

Doesn’t change

Answer 4

Static

Question 5

Changes

Answer 5

Dynamic

Question 6

Few, simple traits

Answer 6

Flat

Question 7

Various, complex traits

Answer 7

Rounded

Question 8

Methods of showing a characters traits

Answer 8

Characterization

Question 9

Highest point of a story.

Answer 9

Climax

Question 10

Work w/happy ending

Answer 10

Comedy

Question 11

Episodes leading to climax

Answer 11

Complications

Question 12

Struggles main character faces

Answer 12

Conflict

Question 13

Turning point

Answer 13

Crisis

Question 14

Tying up of loose ends

Answer 14

Denouement

Question 15

Speech of region/social group

Answer 15

Dialect

Question 16

Authors word choice

Answer 16

Diction

Question 17

Insertion of unrelated material

Answer 17

Digression

Question 18

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement

Answer 18

Dramatic structure

Question 19

Quotation/motto at beginning of a work w/a point

Answer 19

Epigraph

Question 20

Background info on a work

Answer 20

Exposition

Question 21

High element of magic/fantasy

Answer 21

Fairytale

Question 22

Reversal of fortune after climax

Answer 22

Falling action

Question 23

Character contrasts another character

Answer 23

Foil

Question 24

Songs/stories passed down by word of mouth

Answer 24

Folklore

Question 25

Story told as true, but isn't, can have element of truth

Answer 25

Folktale

Question 26

Hints of what will happen in the future

Answer 26

Foreshadowing

Question 27

Shape/structure of a literary work

Answer 27

Form

Question 28

Using grotesque/gloomy settings & mystery/violence

Answer 28

Gothic

Question 29

Difference b/w what really is & what seems to be

Answer 29

Irony

Question 30

Saying one thing & meaning something else

Answer 30

Verbal irony

Question 31

Diff b/w what is expected & what happens

Answer 31

Situational irony

Question 32

Reader knows something character doesn't

Answer 32

Dramatic irony

Question 33

Explains origins of things of the world

Answer 33

Myths

Question 34

Book length fictional prose narrative

Answer 34

Novel

Question 35

Structure/action in a short story/novel

Answer 35

Plot

Question 36

Who is telling story

Answer 36

Point of view

Question 37

Narrator is protagonist

Answer 37

1st main

Question 38

Acquaiantance tells story of protagonist

Answer 38

1st minor

Question 39

Author tells story, knows all

Answer 39

3rd omniscient

Question 40

Author tells story, only in a few ppl's minds

Answer 40

3rd limited

Question 41

Author isn't in anyone's mind

Answer 41

3rd objective

Question 42

Main character

Answer 42

Protagonist

Question 43

Conclusion/tying up of loose ends

Answer 43

Resolution

Question 44

Complications leading to climax

Answer 44

Rising action

Question 45

Where & when story happens

Answer 45

Setting

Question 46

Central idea of story

Answer 46

Theme

Question 47

Attitude w/which a writer speaks

Answer 47

Tone

Question 48

Literary work where main character is defeated, yet is heroic & courageous

Answer 48

Tragedy

Question 49

Basically good person w/fatal flaw causing downfall

Answer 49

Tragic hero