Story Vocabulary
A difficult situation a character faces to solve a problem.
What is complications?
The turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
When a narrator stops the plot and describes a part of the story that happened in the past.
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What are blue and white?
This was the King of the Gods.
Who is Zeus?
The main character in a story.
What is a protagonist?
The largest part of the story, where most of the problems take place.
What is the rising action?
A story device that leaves the reader wondering what will happen next.
What is a cliffhanger?
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What is a wildcat?
These are the two most famous Greek city-states.
What are Athens and Sparta?
What or who tries to keep the main character from their goal.
What is an antagonist?
The last two pieces of the plot diagram where things are wrapped up and the story ends.
What are the falling action and resolution?
A series of events or plot points that causes the reader to feel anxious are used to build this.
What is suspense?
This person was a famous king and was a student of Aristotle.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The beginning of the story.
What is the exposition?
A technique that gives the reader a clue about what will happen later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
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Who are Ms. Franklin and Mr. Hurt?
These were three famous Greek philosophers.
The action of the story from the opening to the resolution.
What is plot?
This sets the story in motion.
What is an inciting incident?
Cassie poised at the end of the diving board, ready to plunge into the water. Suddenly, she was five years old again, standing on the edge of a dock and falling backward, unable to control her fall and unable to swim. This is an example of ___.
What is flashback?
This was our theme/motto for the past year.
What is "Shine Bright?"
This is a capital of a city/a place for economic, cultural, industrial and financial business.
What is a metropolis?