Story Vocabulary

The chain of events that make up a story including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

• setting

• plot

• antagonist

• protagonist

The time and place of a story.

• plot

• dynamic character

• conflict

• setting

Problems that arise as characters struggle to reach their goals.

• static character

• dynamic character

• setting

• conflict

The main character of the story.

• setting

• protagonist

• antagonist

• dynamic character

The character in a story that causes conflict for the main character.

• antagonist

• static character

• protagonist

• plot

A character that stays the same throughout a story (does not change their beliefs, personality or attitude).

• dynamic character

• static character

• antagonist

• protagonist

A character who undergoes an important change in a story in their beliefs, personality or attitude.

• protagonist

• dynamic character

• antagonist

• static character

The lesson, message or moral the author wants you to learn is called the...

• protagonist

• resolution

• theme

• plot

The story is told from the point of view of the main character using words such as I, My, We.

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person objective

The narrator tells the story and only knows the thoughts and feelings of the main character

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person objective