Plot
Vocabulary Definitions
Vocabulary Sentences
Literary Terms
More Literary Terms
100
The action that adds complications to the story and happens before the climax.
What is rising action?
100
A person who enforces the rules
What is a disciplinarian?
100
I think that my teachers are trying to ______ me with homework tonight.
What is overwhelm?
100
A problem in a story
What is a conflict?
100
This part of the story happens after the big moment where everything changes. This is when the characters start to figure out how to solve the problem. This is not the end of the story.
What is Falling Action?
200
The part of the story where the characters solve the problem and learn how to move on.
What is the resolution?
200
Very flexible; limber; able to move easily
What is agile?
200
My shirt was ______ after the puppy played in my room.
What is tattered?
200
The main character in a story
What is a protagonist?
200
A person that reads a story
What is a reader?
300
The part of the story where you are introduced to the characters and the setting?
What is the exposition?
300
Never seeming to get tired
What is indefatigable?
300
My mother is the more ______ parent. She is more understanding.
What is lenient?
300
The time and place where a story happens
What is setting?
300
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
400
This event goes at the top of a plot diagram
What is the Climax?
400
An exact copy
What is a replica?
400
I created a ______ of the Statue of Liberty in art class today.
What is a replica?
400
Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry
What is end rhyme?
400
A person or thing that does action in a story
What is a character?
500
Denoument
What is the french word for falling action?
500
Having a great deal of nerve; bold
What is audacity?
500
My pet turtle lives in an _______ tank.
What is aqueous?
500
When the narrator is a participant in the story- they use words such as I, we, me, and us
What is first person point of view?
500
When the narrator of a story does not participate in the story- they use words such as he, she, them, and they- and the character's names
What is third person point of view?