Elements of Fiction Vocabulary

A part of something

• sequence

• plot

• element

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Main character in a story (good guy)

• protagonist

• antagonist

• dialogue

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A character or force in conflict with the main character (bad guy)

• characters

• antagonist

• setting

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The first paragraph or paragraphs in which the characters, setting (time and place), and basic information is introduced.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What's plot?

• the combination of consistently copied consonants!

• a figure of speech that puts together opposite elements.

• a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main part of a story.

• any image or thing that stands for something else.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The exposition of a story...

• sets the stage for the story

• is where characters are introduced

• is where the setting is described

• is the first part of the plot diagram

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a character?

• a break or pause in the middle of a line of verse.

• a short statement of a general truth, insight, or good advice.

• a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.

• language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The climax...

• the way the story ends

• where the conflict gets resolved

• the turning point or point of greatest interest

• the beginning of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?

• A) Theme

• B) Setting

• C) Plot

• D) Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which element of fiction refers to the struggle between opposing forces?

• A) Theme

• B) Setting

• C) Conflict

• D) Character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D