Fiction Vocabulary

Front

The sequence of events where each affects the next one

Back

Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

helps solve the problem/conflict

Back

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

The place and time a story takes place

Back

setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

The mental pictures we create in our minds from descriptive words.

Back

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

events in order, in order.

Back

sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

Front

What is the problem the main character has in the story?

Back

Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

The lesson or message of the story

Back

theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

Language that has another meaning; it does not mean what it is saying.

Back

Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

Language that appeals to or interests the reader's five senses

Back

sensory language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

What is the term for the conversation between characters?

Back

dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C