literary terms

What is the time and place where a story occurs called?

• tone

• inciting incident

• plot

• setting

What is the set up of the story that tells a little bit about the character, the setting, and conflict?

• introduction

• inciting incident

• exposition

• plot

What is the series of conflicts or problems before the most exciting part of the story called?

• inciting incident

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the turning point of a story (gasp moment) called?

• exposition

• resolution

• conflict

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What are the series of events leading to the where the story wraps up?

• resolution

• climax

• falling action

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the ending, where everything is wrapped up and the questions are answered called?

• exposition

• resolution

• falling action

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What are the events or actions that happen throughout a story called?

• climax

• conflict

• plot

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Omnipotent, first person, second person, and third person are all examples of ...

• point of view

• protagonist

• antagonist

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A theme in a story is:

• the background on your iPhone

• a problem that a character deals with

• a general message about people sent to the reader

• the main event in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

conflict

• the hero of a story
• the villian of a story 
• how things are different
• the problem that needs to be solved

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C