LIT TERMS (6th grade)

the series of related events that make up a story

• conflict

• plot

• setting

introduction of the main characters and what they want

• basic situation

• climax

• suspense

a struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces

• suspense

• complications

• conflict

conflict that takes place within a character's mind

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• complications

events that stand in the way of a character getting what he or she wants

• complications

• resolution

• suspense

the part of the story where loose ends are tied up (last part of the story)

• climax

• setting

• resolution

the point at which the conflict is decided

• plot

• climax

• conflict

hints or clues about what will happen

• suspense

• climax

• foreshadowing

anxious curiosity about what will happen

• basic situation

• suspense

• complications

the time and place in which events of a story occurs

• basic situation

• setting

• plot