Historical Fiction vocabulary

The moral or lesson of a story.

The series of events that make up a story; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

The outside narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.

The outside narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.

A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic; a system of chronology dating from a particular noteworthy event.

The purposeful choice of vocabulary, sentence formation, voice and tone established through the author's choice of details and words.

Move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc., that is set in a time earlier than the main story.

True or False: The main characters in historical fiction stories are REAL.

• True- the characters really existed
• False- the characters are made up by the author's imagination

A character or situation that creates problems for the main character during the story

• A. Dynamic character

• B. Static character

• C. Protagonist

• D. Antagonist