Fiction Terms

Usually the main character; someone who changes

• antagonist

• secondary character

• narrator

• protagonist

The message from the story; the lesson learned by the character

• setting

• theme

• plot

• resolution

the person, thing, or force going against the protagonist.

• protagonist

• setting

• antagonist

• author

The time and place of a story

• setting

• resolution

• plot

• character

The end, where all the loose ends of the story are tied up

• plot finnisher

• ending

• resolution

• climax

Turning point of the story

• resolution

• rising action

• climax

• plot

A person vs. self conflict is an example of an...

• internal conflict

• external conflict

a conflict between a character and something in nature.

• person vs. society

• person vs. person

• person vs. nature

A conflict between a character and a large group of people

• person vs. person

• person vs. nature

• person vs. society

When the author hints at something important, or something that might happen later in the story

• resolution

• foreshadowing

• climax

• turning point