Literary Terms

All fiction is based on conflict and this conflict is presented in a structured format called

• plot

• personification

• hyperbole

• conflict

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The essence of fiction or PROBLEM in the story

• plot

• conflict

• protagonist

• antagonist

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

The high point of the story

• conflict

• plot

• climax

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.7.3

Rounds out and concludes the action

• resolution

• solution

• conflict

• antagonist

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CCSS.W.7.2F

CCSS.W.7.3E

The main character in a story

• antagonist

• protagonist

• conflict

• first person

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3A

The character or force that opposes the protagonist

• plot

• conflict

• antagonist

• rising action

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CCSS.RL.7.3

The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings.

• third person

• first person

• point of view

• protagonist

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CCSS.RL.7.6

The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears.

• first person

• third person

• point of view

• protagonist

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CCSS.RL.7.6

The main problem that creates the plot.

• conflict

• resolution

• climax

• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

Conflict that pits one person against each other.

• Man vs. man

• Man vs. nature

• Man vs. self

• Man vs. society