Unit 1 Vocabulary

when (time) and where (place) a story takes place

• Setting (noun)
• Element (noun)
• Evidence (noun)
• Claim (noun)
• Persuade (verb)

the sequence (or chain) of events in a story from beginning to end

• Plot (noun)
• Setting (noun)
• Element (noun)
• Evidence (noun)
• Claim (noun)

the people or animals in a story

• Characters (noun)
• Plot (noun)
• Setting (noun)
• Element (noun)
• Evidence (noun)

the problem in the story that must be solved

• Conflict (noun)
• Characters (noun)
• Plot (noun)
• Setting (noun)
• Element (noun)

a main idea about humanity that is shown in a story

• Theme (noun)
• Conflict (noun)
• Characters (noun)
• Plot (noun)
• Setting (noun)

language that means exactly what it says

• Literal (Language)
• Theme (noun)
• Conflict (noun)
• Characters (noun)
• Plot (noun)

language that is not meant to be taken literally

• Figurative Language (noun)
• Literal (Language)
• Theme (noun)
• Conflict (noun)
• Characters (noun)

a comparison of two very unlike things, using "like," "as," or "resembles" (people are like flowers)

• Simile (noun)
• Figurative Language (noun)
• Literal (Language)
• Theme (noun)
• Conflict (noun)

a comparison of two very unlike things, but does not use "like," "as," or "resembles" (people are flowers)

• Metaphor (noun)
• Simile (noun)
• Figurative Language (noun)
• Literal (Language)
• Theme (noun)

a common saying that doesn't make sense if you take it literally (It's raining cats and dogs.)

• Idiom (noun)
• Metaphor (noun)
• Simile (noun)
• Figurative Language (noun)
• Literal (Language)