Greek & Latin
Latin word meaning "to write"
Scrib
A person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
The most exciting part of a story, or the final/major turning point.
Climax
A genre that explores imaginary or advanced science or technology, and their impacts on society
Science Fiction
Parts of Speech: A word that can describe a verb, an adjective, and more.
Adverb
Latin word meaning "to speak"
Dict
An action or state of being
Verb
The longest middle section of a book. As the main character faces a series of challenges to try to achieve their goal, the tension for the reader keeps increasing.
Rising Action
Features a mixture of real people, places, and events from the past, with made up ones.
Historical Fiction
Plot Mountain: The moment or event where the conflict starts (or the main character becomes aware of it)
Inciting Incident
Greek word meaning "to write or draw"
Graph
The person, place, or thing that a sentence or clause is about.
Subject
We find out the ending of the story and loose ends get tied up, or we get a hook for the sequel!
Resolution
A genre full of magic, supernatural elements, and imaginary worlds.
Fantasy
Greek & Latin: The Latin word that gave us the words "exterior" and "exit"
Externus
Greek word meaning "to listen"
Aud
What the subject of a sentence or clause is doing, or how they are existing.
Predicate
After the climax, the story starts to wind down and the tension starts decreasing.
Falling Action
A genre that tells stories about people, places, and events that COULD be real, but AREN'T.
Genres: A subcategory of science fiction about a future gone terribly wrong. Comes from Greek roots meaning "bad place"
Dystopian Fiction
A combination of Greek words that means "written in light"
Photograph
A word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea.
Adjective
The beginning of the story teaches us important details like the characters, the setting, and maybe the conflict.
Exposition
A cousin to the action adventure and horror genres. Features fast-paced stories with a lot of tension or suspense.
Thriller
Sentence Structure: In the sentence, "Joey gave flowers to Monica," the word flowers is what?
Hint: Think subject, predicate, etc.
Direct Object