ELA Vocab

Front

Theme

Back

the moral or lesson of the story

Front

Mood

Back

the feeling the reader gets from the story

Front

Tone

Back

the author's attitude toward their writing

Front

Exposition

Back

Introduces characters, setting, and problem

Front

Rising action

Back

The problem worsens.

Front

Climax

Back

Character makes a big decision or change

Front

Falling action

Back

Problems start to get resolved, everything is wrapping up.

Front

Resolution

Back

The ending of the story

Front

Protagonist

Back

main character in the story

Front

Antagonist

Back

character who causes problems/goes against main character