Fiction Vocabulary Quiz

A story that is not true and is made up by the author.

• Poetry

• Nonfiction

• Prose

• Fiction

The events that make up a story.

• Climax

• Plot

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The background information given to understand the story better, characters are introduced, setting is established.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

The main character(s) in a story.

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Setting

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

The character who stands in the way of the main character achieving his/her goal in a story.

• Narrator

• Protagonist

• Hero

• Antagonist

The time, place, and environment of a story.

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Characters

• Setting

The events leading up to the climax - a series of events that builds from the conflict.

• Falling Action

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

The turning point of the story where the main character(s) usually change in some way.

• Climax

• Fiction

• Flashback

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

Events that follow the climax and the conflicts untangling, and leads to the conflict being resolved.

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Foreshadowing

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The solution to the story's conflict.

• Theme

• Resolution

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5