Fiction Vocabulary

characters' internal and external struggles

• problem
• events
• play
• conflicts

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the leading character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• minor character

• major character

the person telling the story and uses I, me, my

• author
• narrator
• 3rd person point of view
• 1st Person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the formation of mental images based upon the author's choice of words

• scene

• play

• Imagery

• plot

a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully developed by the author.

• Flat Character

• Round Character

• Fictional Character

• Fantasy Character

an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully developed, but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.

• Flat Character

• Round Character

• Fiction Character

• Non-Fiction Character

reason why characters act the way they do

• problems

• options

• motivation

• plot

the central message or lesson of the story

• Solution

• Theme

• Fictional

• Reason

the time, place, and social context of the story

• Setting

• Time

• Place

• Plot

character struggling with the outside force, another character, or nature

• Internal conflict
• Solution
• External conflict
• Exemplary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3