Narrative Vocab

an author’s purposeful reference to something else in a literary work

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Climax

• Allusion

• Connotation

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Climax

• Allusion

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

the point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Climax

• Allusion

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Climax

• Allusion

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the emotional attachment associated with a word

• Conflict

• Antagonist

• Climax

• Allusion

• Connotation

Denotation

• direct and specific meaning

• a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

• the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Dynamic Character

• direct and specific meaning

• a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

• the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Exposition

• direct and specific meaning

• a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

• the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

Falling Action

• direct and specific meaning

• a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

• the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Fiction

• direct and specific meaning

• a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

• the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D