Unit 3: Fables & Short Stories Vocabulary

character

• the people or animals who carry out the action

• the problem

• where the conflict begins

• a universal truth or lesson that can be learned from the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

protagonist

• A minor character in a story.
• The main character in a story. The character we are rooting for.

• The antagonist in a story.
• The setting of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

antagonist

• A plot twist that resolves the conflict.
• A character or force that opposes the protagonist.
• A setting that influences the story.
• A character that helps the protagonist.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

dynamic character

• A character that remains the same throughout the story.
• A character that only appears in the beginning of the story.
• A character that is not important to the plot.
• A character that changes significantly throughout the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

static character

• a character who stays the same throughout the story

• a character who changes throughout the story

• the electric force surrounding the character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

anthropomorphism

• Giving animals the ability to speak
• Describing human emotions in literature
• Assigning human roles to fictional characters
• Attribution of human traits to animals.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

setting

• The main character's motivation.
• The moral lesson of the story.
• The author's writing style.
• The time and place in which a story occurs.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

conflict

• the setting of the story.

• is the resolution of the plot.

• the problem between opposing forces in a story.

• the main character's journey.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

internal conflict (person vs. self)

• a struggle between a character and a rule of law/government

• a struggle between a character and an element of nature

• a struggle between the character and an outside force

• a struggle between the character and himself/herself

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

external conflict

• a struggle between a character and a rule of law/government

• a struggle between the character and an outside force.

• a struggle between a character and an element of nature

• a struggle between the character and himself/herself

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3