Short Story Vocabulary

What are the main events in a story?

• setting

• plot

• characters

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The time and place where the action of the story happens...

• setting

• conflict

• plot

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is another word for the main character in a story?

• antagonist

• protagonist

• theme

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The "big idea" or the lesson the author wants you to learn...

• foreshadowing

• plot

• characterization

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A sign or clue that something bad will happen in the future in the story...

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foreshadowing

• internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Man versus himself

• protagonist

• anti-hero

• internal conflict

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Man versus man, man versus society, or man versus nature

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• plot

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The person or force acting against the protagonist in the story

• plot

• foreshadowing

• antagonist

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The feeling created in a story

• setting

• mood

• characterization

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's attitude toward the subject

• tone

• mood

• setting

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B