Fiction Vocabulary

the place and/or period of time that a story takes place. Could include things like weather, seasons, etc.

• setting
• theme
• exposition
• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

used to introduce the setting, characters, and events to readers. The beginning of a story.

• exposition
• denouement
• rising action
• character's point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the most intense, exciting, or important part of a story.

• denouement
• climax
• action sequence
• plot 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the events that occur after the climax and turning point in the story, when the conflict is resolved.

• denouement
• exposition
• falling action
• happily ever after

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the reason an author chooses to write about a topic (persuade, inform, entertain).

• author's literary choice
• author's purpose
• main idea
• pi

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

the final part of the plot where the plotline is tied up, the ending.

• denouement
• conflict
• turning point
• plot structure

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The main problem in a story

• disagreement
• resolution
• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A made-up story from an imagination

• nonfiction
• speech
• fiction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A new idea that you make from evidences you read in the text. (and what is not said in the text, but from your own experience).

• guess
• inference
• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The order of events in the story

• sequence
• plot
• numeration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D