Fiction Vocabulary

antagonist

• the character that opposes the protagonist

• the character that drives the action of the story

• the main character

• the people in a fictional story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

climax

• the perspective from which the story is told

• the highest emotional part of the story

• advice provided in a story

• the sequence of events that make up a story

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

conflict

• The dominant struggle in a story

• A type of dessert

• A musical instrument

• A type of dance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

falling action

• The climax of a story

• The introduction of characters

• The resolution of the story

• The part of a story after the climax and before the resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Exposition is the literary term for _______

• introduction

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

A story that is not true and is made up by the author.

• Poetry

• Nonfiction

• Prose

• Fiction

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
Garrulous means:

• Quiet

• Secretive

• talkative 

• Exhausted

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

inciting incident

• The initial event that triggers the main conflict in a story

• The resolution of a story

• The climax of a story

• The introduction of characters in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

motif

• A distinct feature present in a literary work

• A type of musical instrument

• A style of painting

• A genre of film

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

protagonist

• the villain of a story

• the main character of a story

• the love interest for the main character in a story

• the conclusion of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D