Literary Terms

A work of fiction that is fewer than 40,000 words in length; can be read in one sitting

• novel

• short story

• poem

• article

The sequence of events in a story

• plot

• setting

• characters

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.3A

Five elements of plot in order

• Exposition, Resolution, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action

• Exposition, Climax, Rising Action, Falling Action, Resolution

• Rising Action, Climax, Exposition, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

A struggle between opposing forces

• rising action

• climax

• conflict

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

A struggle between a character and an outside force

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• man vs. self

• climax

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• man vs. society

• man vs. man

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

The event that introduces the central conflict

• main idea

• resolution

• inciting incident

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

The introductory material that shows when and where the story takes place, who the characters are, and the initial situation of the story

• falling action

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3B

The series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax

• resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3B

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3