Unit 3 Vocabulary

Category of Writing

• Genre

• Myth

• Folklore

• Theme

A traditional story without an author that is usually intended to teach a lesson, explain a life mystery, explain natural phenomenon and/or describe the customs, institutions or religious rites of people.

• Myth/Folklore

• Theme

• Genre

• Diction

A life lesson; something universal that you can take out of the context of the story and apply to other aspects of life

• Plot

• narrative

• Diction

• Theme

A story

• Informational

• Narrative

• Persuasive

• Denotation

Series of events that make up a story

• Denotation

• Conotation

• Plot

• Theme

Tells who is in the story, when and/or where they are and what their problem is

• Conflict

• Expostition

• Theme

• Falling Action

The major problem or challenge of the story

• Plot

• Climax

• Characterization

• Conflict

The process of creating characters (what characters look like, how they act, and what they say, think, and feel)

• Dialouge

• Theme

• Characterization

• Resolution

The action and dialogue leading up to the climax of the story

• Characterization

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution

The conversations of the characters

• Dialogue

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Theme