Word Definitions
The way the parts of a story are put together.
Structure
Bravery; the ability to do something scary.
→ Courage
If you are required to do something, you are _____ to do it.
→ Supposed to
Feeling worried or anxious about a situation.
→ Concerned
The beginning where characters and setting are introduced.
→ Exposition
To form a picture of something in your mind.
→ Visualize
Changing in a way that is hard to guess; not steady.
→ Unpredictable
All the players on the soccer team wore a ________ jersey so they looked exactly the same.
→ Uniform
The look on someone’s face that shows their feelings.
→ Expression
The middle where the problem gets worse and excitement grows.
→ Rising Action
A short story, often with animals, that teaches a lesson.
→ Fable
Having a very powerful, intense, or violent nature.
→ Fierce
The giant piece of cake on the counter looked very ________, but I wasn't allowed to eat it.
→ Tempting
To try very hard to do something difficult.
→ Struggle
The most exciting and important turning point.
→ Climax
To be silently angry, upset, or irritable.
→ Sulked
Showing kindness or forgiveness to someone.
→ Merciful
I made a ________ with my brother: if he washed the dishes, I would clean the living room.
→ Bargain
Likely to have a very bad ending.
→ Doomed
The part after the climax where things settle down.
→ Falling Action
A situation where there is wild noise and confusion.
→ Pandemonium
A state of wild excitement or frantic activity.
→ Frenzy
Did you ________ that the teacher changed the seating chart today?
→ Notice
Something very upsetting that causes lasting shock.
→ Traumatizing
The lesson about right and wrong that a story teaches.
→ Moral