6th Grade Fiction Unit 1 Vocabulary Pre-test

Sequence of events in a story

• conflict
• setting
• plot

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

• static character
• author's purpose
• dynamic character

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

• exposition
• plot
• resolution

The time and place of a story

• character
• setting
• plot

life lesson, moral, or lesson the author wants the reader to learn

• central idea
• plot
• theme

the problem in the story

• resolution
• plot
• conflict

A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end

• static character
• tone
• dynamic character

The "person" in a novel, play, or movie.

• character
• author
• narrator

The thing(s) a character wants or needs. These things drive the character forward.

• conflicts
• motivations
• setting

These types of problems happen on the outside of the character.

• internal conflicts
• antagonist conflicts
• external conflicts