Myth Assessment Vocabulary

supported by facts and not by emotions or personal feelings

• objective

• conflict

• denotation

the emotions or implied meaning associated with a word

• theme

• symbolism

• connotation

the use of symbols

• metaphor

• symbolism

• resolution

a struggle between two opposing forces

• denotation

• conflict

• subjective

a type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident

• sensory detail

• narrative

• myth

influenced by personal opinions or ideas

• theme

• subjective

• coherence

the central idea or lesson of a story

• theme

• climax

• plot

the exact definition of a word

• denotation

• metaphor

• symbolism

the character in the story that causes problems for the protagonist; goes against the protagonist

• dynamic character

• antagonist

• conflict

a comparison between two things in which one becomes the other

• sensory language

• metaphor

• myth