Reading Vocabulary Part 1

the repetition of similar initial consonant sounds in order to create a musical or rhythmic effect,

• alliteration

• antagonist

• autobiography

• onomatopoeia

a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist.

• internal conflict

• narrator

• antagonist

• first person point of view

the story of a person's life narrated (or written) by that same person.

• biography

• narrator

• autobiography

• fiction

a form of non-fiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person

• biography

• autobiography

• narrator

• historical fiction

the quality of a character; what a character is like.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• hero

• character trait

The highest point of action in a story; the turning point

• climax

• resolution

• exposition

• rising action

a problem or struggle between two or more forces

• climax

• conflict

• protagonist

• antagonist

refers to a meaning that is implied by a word; the positive or negative emotion

• connotation

• denotation

generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word

• connotation

• denotation

The writer directly states the character’s traits or characteristics

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization