Elements of Fiction Vocabulary

The time and location in which a story takes place.

• conflict

• setting

• characterization

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The underlying meaning or lesson of a story.

• text evidence

• theme

• plot

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The central, main character of a story who has to overcome a problem.

• Static Character

• Antagonist

• Flat Character

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The opposition of forces, essential to the plot, what the main character is trying to overcome.

• Conflict

• Character

• Climax

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict.

• Setting

• Plot

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The character who opposes the main character.

• Protagonist

• Supporting Character

• Antagonist

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of character does not change?

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Static Character

• Dynamic Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of character changes and develops throughout the story?

• Dynamic Character

• Flat Character

• Static Character

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Developing characters through dialogue, thoughts, and action

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The beginning of the story that introduces the situation, characters, setting, and conflict.

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9