8th Grade Fiction Unit 1: Pretest

Sequence of events in a story

• conflict
• setting
• plot

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

• static character
• author's purpose
• dynamic character

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

• exposition
• plot
• resolution

The time and place of a story

• character
• setting
• plot

life lesson, moral, or lesson the author wants the reader to learn

• central idea
• plot
• theme

the problem in the story

• resolution
• plot
• conflict

A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end

• static character
• tone
• dynamic character

The final outcome of a story.

• climax
• resolution
• exposition

When characters "talk" to each other it is known as

• accent
• quote
• dialogue

To move forward

• propel
• reveal
• provoke