College Lit Fiction

A brief, humorous narrative told to illustrate a moral

• tall tale

• fable

• parable

• short story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The beginning of the story

• Once upon a time

• conflict

• conclusion

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A brief, allegorical narrative that teaches a moral

• parable

• fable

• tale

• folktale

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A central struggle between two or more forces in a story

• complication

• climax

• conflict

• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

a short narrative without a complex plot

• tale

• fairy tale

• fable

• initiation story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The most significant character or force that opposes the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A humorous short narrative that provides a wildly exaggerated version of events

• fable

• tale

• fairy tale

• tall tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A narrative in which the main characer undergoes an important experience or right of passage that prepares him or her for adulthood

• initiation story

• tall tale

• parable

• short story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

a prose narrative too brief to be published in a separate volume or book by itself

• tall tale

• short story

• initiation story

• folktale

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4