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Reading Fiction
Unit 1 Reading Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| character | a person portrayed in a story |
| characterization | how an author develops the characters in a story |
| climax | the turning point of a story |
| conclusion | a judgement you make by combining information in text with information you already know |
| conflict | the main problem or struggle in a story |
| connotation | the interpretation of a word beyond its literal definition |
| context | the words and sentences surrounding a word |
| deduction | a logical guess based upon facts |
| denotation | a word's literal meaning or dictionary definition |
| dynamic character | a character who experiences change during a story |
| exposition | the basic situation introduced at the beginning of a story |
| external conflict | a problem in a story that occurs between the main character and an outside force |
| falling action | the part of the plot after the climax |
| figurative language | language that makes a comparison beyond its literal meaning |
| first-person narrator | a narrator who tells the story from his or her own perspective and is usually a character in a story |
| foreshadowing | hints about events that will occur late in the story |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement |
| inference | an educated guess about things not stated directly by an author |
| internal conflict | a problem in a story that occurs within the main character |
| main character | the central character in a story who faces a conflict that drives the plot; the protagonist |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things that does not use a connecting word |
| minor change | a character who is not the protagonist; a supporting character |
| mood | the atmosphere of a piece of fiction, or the feeling it gives readers |
| narrator | the voice of the person telling a fictional story |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate or suggest the sound they describe |
| personification | the attribution of human qualities to objects, natural elements, animals, or ideas |
| plot | the series of related events in a story |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| resolution | the final part of a story; the conclusion |
| rising action | the part of the plot in which characters take action to resolve conflicts |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using a connecting word, such as like or as |
| static character | a character who does not experience a significant change during a story |
| theme | the writer's interpretation of the story's meaning |
| third-person limited | a narrator who is not a character in a story and can only describe the thoughts and feelings of one character |
| third person narrator | an unnamed narrator who is not a character in the story |
| third person omniscient | a narrator who is not a character in the story and who can describe the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters |
| tone | the author's feelings about a subject |
Created by:
Beth Butterfield
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