Unit 1.0 Vocabulary

A piece of writing that tells a story and is meant to entertain the reader; can be real or fictional

• character

• narrative

• narrator

• conflict

The character who tells the story

• internal conflict

• setting

• plot

• narrator

The main events of a story arranged in five stages

• plot

• narrator

• character

• resolution

First plot stage: the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced

• rising action

• resolution/conclusion

• introduction/exposition

• falling action

Second plot stage: tension and excitement increase, conflict builds, and things get complicated

• climax

• introduction/exposition

• rising action

• falling action

Third plot stage: the turning point or most exciting part of the story

• introduction

• climax

• falling action

• internal conflict

Fourth plot stage: the outcome of the climax is revealed, tension decreases

• setting

• character

• conflict

• falling action

Fifth plot stage: the outcome of the story is revealed 

Possibilities:

Conflict is resolved

Surprise ending

Cliffhanger

• resolution/conclusion

• introduction/exposition

• falling action

• climax

The place, surroundings, and time period in which a story or event takes place

• technology

• character

• setting

• nature

The people or animals in a written work

• characters

• conflict

• climax

• narrative