Fiction Vocabulary Review

The main idea that the author is trying to convey in his/her story.

• Character

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The struggle or problem in the story that the main character must overcome.

• Conflict

• Falling Action

• Antagonist

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The turning point of the story.

• Theme

• Climax

• Exposition

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The person in opposition of the main character.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Setting

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The events that occur after the climax but before the resolution of the story.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Falling Action

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The person or people that are in the story.

• Character

• Exposition

• Internal Conflict

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The time and location in which the story takes place.

• Protagonist

• Rising Action

• External Conflict

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A problem that occurs inside a character's mind.

• Climax

• Character

• Internal Conflict

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The beginning of the story where background information (including the setting and characters) are introduced.

• Setting

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The sequence of events in a story. It has a beginning, middle, and end.

• Theme

• External Conflict

• Plot

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3