Literary Vocabulary Terms

The meaning, moral, or message about life

• resolution

• climax

• theme

• motivation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The struggle between opposing forces in a story

• conflict

• setting

• plot

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The sequence of events that make up a story

• character

• plot

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The part of the plot where the conflict is resolved; the end of the story

• point of view

• climax

• resolution

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A person, animal, or creature in a literary work

• point of view

• theme

• motivation

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The most exciting or intense moment for the protagonist; the OMG moment

• rising action

• setting

• climax

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The perspective from which the story is told

• point of view

• theme

• antagonist

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the main part of the story; moves the plot along; where conflict arises

• falling action

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Time and place of the story

• falling action

• theme

• motivation

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the main character in the story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D