STAAR Fiction Vocabulary

What does 'rising action' mean?

• The events after the climax leading to the end

• The introduction of the story

• The events that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative

• The main character's background

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is meant by 'resolution' in a story?

• The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story

• The beginning of the story

• The highest point of tension

• The part where characters are introduced

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is 'climax' in a story?

• The beginning of the story

• The point with the highest tension or turning point

• The sequence of events leading to the end

• The final resolution or outcome

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The beginning of a story where characters , conflict, and setting are introduced is called......

• climax

• exponential

• exposition

• ambiguous beginning

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is an excerpt?

• to make possible

• not taking side on an issue

• perspective

• a segment or part of a story , play, article

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

A flashback is ___

• an action that interrupts the story line in the future

• the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later

• an action that interrupts the story to show an earlier even

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

foreshadowing is

• an event or result that is opposite of what is expected

• distrustful

• fair , not showing

• the use of hints to suggest what will happen later on in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

conflict

• doubtful and unsure

• the struggle or problem within the the story

• the characters and setting in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

What does 'protagonist' mean in a story?

• The main character in a story

• The villain in a story

• The setting of a story

• The theme of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is 'theme' in literature?

• The time and place of the story

• The central message or insight into life revealed through the story

• The sequence of events in a story

• The struggle between opposing forces

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2