Unit 1 Short Story Vocabulary

The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story.

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Theme

• Statement

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The sequence of events in a story.

• Plot

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The events that give the reader background info needed to understand the story. It reveals the characters, setting and conflict.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The major events that develop the plot and lead to the climax.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

The problem of the story.

• Climax

• Plot

• Conflict

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions

• Climax

• Resolution

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The event that is the turning point in the story, in which the conflict can be resolved in different ways.

• Conflict

• Climax

• Character

• Resolution

The events that begin to conclude the story, and solve the conflict. The theme is revealed.

• Plot

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Refers to clues or hints signaling events that occur later in the plot of a story.

• Myth

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3