fiction
noun /ˈfɪkʃn/
/ˈfɪkʃn/
Idioms - [uncountable] a type of literature that describes imaginary people and events, not real ones
- a work of popular fiction
- historical/romantic/crime fiction
- to write/read fiction
- a crime fiction writer
Collocations LiteratureLiteratureBeing a writer- write/publish literature/poetry/fiction/a book/a story/a poem/a novel/a review/an autobiography
- become a writer/novelist/playwright
- find/have a publisher/an agent
- have a new book out
- edit/revise/proofread a book/text/manuscript
- dedicate a book/poem to…
- construct/create/weave/weave something into a complex narrative
- advance/drive the plot
- introduce/present the protagonist/a character
- describe/depict/portray a character (as…)/(somebody as) a hero/villain
- create an exciting/a tense atmosphere
- build/heighten the suspense/tension
- evoke/capture the pathos of the situation
- convey emotion/an idea/an impression/a sense of…
- engage the reader
- seize/capture/grip the (reader’s) imagination
- arouse/elicit emotion/sympathy (in the reader)
- lack imagination/emotion/structure/rhythm
- use/employ language/imagery/humour/(US English) humor/an image/a symbol/a metaphor/a device
- use/adopt/develop a style/technique
- be rich in/be full of symbolism
- evoke images of…/a sense of…/a feeling of…
- create/achieve an effect
- maintain/lighten the tone
- introduce/develop an idea/a theme
- inspire a novel/a poet/somebody’s work/somebody’s imagination
- read an author/somebody’s work/fiction/poetry/a text/a poem/a novel/a chapter/a passage
- review a book/a novel/somebody’s work
- give something/get/have/receive a good/bad review
- be hailed (as)/be recognized as a masterpiece
- quote a(n) phrase/line/stanza/passage/author
- provoke/spark discussion/criticism
- study/interpret/understand a text/passage
- translate somebody’s work/a text/a passage/a novel/a poem
Wordfinder- author
- book
- classic
- critic
- drama
- fiction
- genre
- literature
- poetry
- write
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writinga2- She has written novels and short fiction.
- a well-known writer of crime fiction
- She has written over 20 works of fiction.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- contemporary
- modern
- classic
- …
- publish
- write
- create
- …
- a work of fiction
- a writer of fiction
- [uncountable, countable] a thing that is invented or imagined and is not true
- Don't believe what she says—it's pure fiction!
- fiction that… For years he managed to keep up the fiction that he was not married.
Extra Examples- She still tries to maintain the fiction that she is happily married.
- Fact and fiction became all jumbled up in his report of the robbery.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- legal
- keep up
- maintain
- create
- …
- fact and fiction
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘invented statement’): via Old French from Latin fictio(n-), from fingere ‘form, contrive’. Compare with feign and figment.
Idioms
truth is stranger than fiction
- (saying) used to say that things that actually happen are often more surprising than stories that are invented