Tra từ fiction - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fic·tion [fiction fictions] BrE [ˈfɪkʃn] NAmE [ˈfɪkʃn] noun
1. uncountable a type of literature that describes imaginary people and events, not real ones
•a work of popular fiction
•historical/romantic fiction
Opp: ↑non-fiction
see also ↑science fiction
2. countable, uncountable a thing that is invented or imagined and is not true
•For years he managed to keep up the fiction that he was not married.
see truth is stranger than fiction at ↑truth

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘invented statement’): via Old French from Latin fictio(n-), from fingere ‘form, contrive’. Compare with ↑feign and ↑figment.

Collocations:
Literature
Being 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…
Plot, character and atmosphere
construct/create/weave/weave sth into a complex narrative
advance/drive the plot
introduce/present the protagonist/a character
describe/depict/portray a character (as…)/(sb 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
Language, style and imagery
use/employ language/imagery/humour/(especially US) 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/sb's work/sb's imagination
Reading and criticism
read an author/sb's work/fiction/poetry/a text/a poem/a novel/a chapter/a passage
review a book/a novel/sb's work
give sth/get/have/receive a good/bad review
be hailed (as)/be recognized as a masterpiece
quote a phrase/line/stanza/passage/author
provoke/spark discussion/criticism
study/interpret/understand a text/passage
translate sb's work/a text/a passage/a novel/a poem

Example Bank:
•Fact and fiction became all jumbled up in his report of the robbery.
•He has written over 20 works of fiction.
•She has written novels and short fiction.
•She still tries to maintain the fiction that she is happily married.
•a well-known writer of crime fiction
•Don't believe what she says— it's pure fiction!