Story Vocabulary

What is a story or novel that is not true; it is made up from imagination?

• Exaggeration

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Biography

The problem or struggle in a short story or novel is called a 

• Climax

• Conflict

• Irony

• Dialogue

The high point of suspense in a short story or novel is called the

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Climax

• Bias

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities is called

• Alliteration

• Characterization

• Personification

• Allusion

Fill in the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

I will keep my _____________ no matter what happens.

• gnawing

• routine

• vow

• mauled

Fill in the sentence with the correct vocabulary word.

The dog was _______________ his bone.

• gnawing

• mauled

• anxious

• vow

The doll was ____________ by the cat.

• routine

• spasm

• mauled

• anxious

Which vocabulary word goes best with the picture?

• routine

• characterization

• gnawing

• vow

Which vocabulary word is defined?

The way writers develop and reveal information about characters.

• routine

• central idea

• vow

• characterization

Which vocabulary word is being defined?

a writer suggests information through a character’s

thoughts, words, and actions as well as what other characters say and think about

the character.

• routine

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• spasm