Literary Elements Vocabulary

A category in which a work of literature is classified. The major categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.

• exposition

• narration

• genre

• setting

resolution

• The most exciting part of the story, and a turning point for the main character.

• A written conversation between two or more characters. In fiction, dialogue is usually set off with quotation marks.

• The events that develop and intensify the conflict.

• The final part of the plot. It reveals how the problem is solved.

fiction

• a story that is about a real person's life, and is written by that person

• A written conversation between two or more characters. In fiction, this is usually set off with quotation marks.

• literature that tells a story about imaginary events and characters (not real)

• writing that tells about real events and people

This is the part of a story where the tension eases and the events unfold as the result of the climax.

• climax

• plot

• exposition

• falling action

The person who is telling the story...

• antagonist

• protagonist

• genre

• narrator

Climax

• This is the story's most exciting part, and is a turning point for the main character.

• The highest point on a snow-capped mountain, where Ms. Parker loves to ski!

• This is also known as the "basic problem" - it is the struggle between opposing forces. Almost every story has a main conflict.

• The last day of school, June 26!

The time and place of the action in a story, poem, or play. This includes the geographic location, historical period (past, present, future), season, time of day, and culture.

• The climax

• The setting

• The first paragraph.

• The entranceway

Rising action

• The elevation of a story to an Academy Award Winning level.

• The part of a story where the tension eases and the events unfold as a result of the climax.

• The final part of the story that reveals how the problem is solved.

• These are the events that develop and intensify the conflict.

Plot

• The series of events in a story. Most have five stages: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

• A piece of land that Candlewood Middle School may purchase for the construction of a video gaming room.

• The most exciting part of a story, and a turning point for the main character.

• A word used in an imaginative way to express an idea that is not literally true.

Exposition

• The part of the story where the events unfold, leading to the resolution.

• The part of the story that is a turning point for the main character.

• The special Advisory Activity that we will focus on in November.

• The first stage of a typical story plot. It gives background information and introduces the setting and the important characters.