Fiction Vocab

1st person point of view

• The story is narrated by a character in the text.

• The story is narrated by an outsider.

• The story doesn't have a narrator.

3rd person point of view

• Narration is from one character's perspective
• The story is narrated by the author

• The story is narrated from multiple characters' perspectives

• The story is narrated by an outsider and can be either limited or omniscient

antagonist

• the character that opposes the protagonist

• the character that drives the action of the story

• the main character

• the people in a fictional story

character

• the dominant struggle in the story

• the highest emotional point of the story

• the initial event that starts the story's conflict

• the people in a fictional story

cliche

• An expression that is overused so often, it loses its original meaning

• A type of French pastry
• A rare bird species
• A mathematical formula

climax

• the perspective from which the story is told

• the highest emotional part of the story

• advice provided in a story

• the sequence of events that make up a story

conflict

• The dominant struggle in a story

• A type of dessert
• A musical instrument
• A type of dance

elements of fiction

• the conclusion of all fictional stories

• a distinct feature in a story

• literary elements that work together to create a fictional story

• the initial event that starts the story's conflict

exposition

• the beginning of the story where the author introduces characters, setting, and background information

• the character that opposes the protagonist

• the highest emotional part of the story; also known as the turning point

• literary elements that work together to tell a fictional story

falling action

• The climax of a story
• The introduction of characters
• The resolution of the story
• The part of a story after the climax and before the resolution