Literary Term

Where and when the story takes place

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

All of the events after the climax. The tension in the story comes down.

• Falling action

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

How is the problem/conflict in the story solved?

• Falling action

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The problem in the story

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

People or animals that are in the story

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Climax

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Main character, goes through a change

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Secondary character, goes against the protagonist, causes change in the protagonist.

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.

• A struggle/A problem between two opposing forces.

• The climax in a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of an "internal" conflict?

• A hero in a story that saves many lives.

• A problem that a character has with other characters.

• An issue that a character faces within him/her self.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the definition of an "external" conflict?

• An issue between a character and an outside force.

• A problem within the story.

• A struggle that a character has within him/her self.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3