Fictional meaning in English
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Definition
fictional: untrue, fabricated, fictitious, imaginary, invented, made-up
Examples
- ""Babe" (offensive to women, babies, and fictional pigs)"
- "OILS, the Organization for International Labor Standards, is a (fictional) group which identifies and certifies subcontractors using legal and ethical labor practices."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the broadcast.
This term describes a book which contains a long, fictional story: "Moby Dick is a by Herman Melville. It is long and hard to read."
This term describes the "subject" or "theme" of a discussion, text or speech: "The of today's lecture is Moby Dick by Herman Melville."
This term describes a book which contains a long, fictional story: "Moby Dick is a by Herman Melville. It is long and hard to read."
This term describes the "subject" or "theme" of a discussion, text or speech: "The of today's lecture is Moby Dick by Herman Melville."
Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the broadcast.
This term describes a book which contains a long, fictional story: "Moby Dick is a novel 1 by Herman Melville. It is long and hard to read."
This term describes the "subject" or "theme" of a discussion, text or speech: "The topic 2 of today's lecture is Moby Dick by Herman Melville."
This term describes a book which contains a long, fictional story: "Moby Dick is a novel 1 by Herman Melville. It is long and hard to read."
This term describes the "subject" or "theme" of a discussion, text or speech: "The topic 2 of today's lecture is Moby Dick by Herman Melville."
1 novel: A "novel" is a book which contains an imaginary or fictional story that is relatively long. In this broadcast, Moira informs Brent that "Jurassic Park" is a film adapted from a science fiction "novel". As an adjective, the term "novel" describes something new and rather different. Example: A car which runs on banana skins instead of petrol is a novel idea.
2 topic: A "topic" is a subject or theme. Brent introduces today's broadcast by saying, "Today we have a very special topic. Dinosaurs: Fact or Fiction?". A "topic" is a commonly used term to describe the theme or subject of almost anything: books, reports, films, letters, emails etc.
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