Midterm Assessment Vocabulary

Front

What is the series of events in a story?

Back

Plot

Front

What stage of the plot involves the tension easing and the story unwinding?

Back

Falling Action

Front

What point of view is it when the narrator is NOT a character in the story?

Back

Third-person point of view

Front

What is the writer's attitude toward his or her subject called?

Back

Tone

Front

What point of view is it when the narrator is a character in the story?

Back

First-person point of view

Front

What is the introduction of background information in a story called?

Back

Exposition

Front

What is the main idea or underlying message of a story?

Back

Theme

Front

What is the time and place in which a story occurs?

Back

Setting

Front

What is the turning point of a story called?

Back

Climax

Front

What is the sequence of events that build up to the climax?

Back

Rising Action