Vocabulary: Literary Terms and Definitions

What word is defined as 'the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, in sequence' and is a noun?

• plot

• scene

• actor

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What word is defined as 'the OVERALL place and time at which a play, novel, or film takes place' and is a noun?

• setting

• character

• plot

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What word is defined as 'The author’s overall message, the moral of the story, typically learned at the end' and is a noun?

• theme

• plot

• character

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Maya is writing a story. She knows that every story needs something that drives the plot and keeps the reader interested. What word is defined as 'The problem in a story that moves the story forward' and is a noun?

• conflict

• setting

• theme

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

What word is defined as 'A character is struggling with themself' and is a noun?

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• protagonist

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What word is defined as 'A character is struggling with things outside of themselves' and is a noun?

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• resolution

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

What word is defined as 'A character is fighting against themselves' and is a noun?

• character vs. self

• character vs. character

• character vs. society

• character vs. nature

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

James is stranded in the wilderness and must survive against storms, ice, snow, and extreme heat. What word is defined as this type of struggle and is a noun?

• character vs. nature

• character vs. character

• character vs. society

• character vs. self

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What word is defined as 'Two characters battle each other - protagonist (“good guy”) and antagonist (“bad guy”)' and is a noun?

• character vs. character

• character vs. nature

• character vs. society

• character vs. self

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Abigail is alone in an old house when she suddenly encounters a ghostly figure. What word is defined as 'A character fights a ghost, spirit, ghoul, unnamed source of power etc...' and is a noun?

• character vs. supernatural

• character vs. character

• character vs. society

• character vs. technology

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4