Fiction Vocabulary

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

• Traits

• Idiom

• Characterization

• Context Clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

the beginning of a book or essay that states what the rest will be about.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

action that happens right after the climax of a story, where the tension decreases.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Where the conflict or problem is settled or solved.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

a related series of events in the plot of a story that build toward the point of greatest interest.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Phrases that don't really mean what they literally say.

• Imagery

• Setting

• Trait

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

to use text and your background knowledge to reach a conclusion.

• Prediction

• Inference

• Summary

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a restatement of what has been said.

• Plot

• Paraphrase

• Theme

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

the time and location in which a literary or dramatic work takes place.

• Characters

• Exposition

• Setting

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

a message about life and human behavior that an author expresses in a text.

• Theme

• Trait

• Idiom

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D