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Fables Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fable | a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral |
| Plot | The main events of the story |
| Theme | The message the author is trying to send; can be applied to various stories (ex. true friendship is hard to find) |
| Moral | A lesson, especially one concerning what is right or important, that can be decided from a story, piece of information, or an experience (ex: slow and steady wins the race) |
| Setting | The place where an events happens |
| Character | a person in a novel, play, or movie |
| antagonist | the character (villain) who is actively working against or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary |
| protagonist | the leading character (Hero) or one of the main characters in a fictional story. |
| Conflict | a serious problem, disagreement or argument |
| Resolution | The solution to the problem; the ending |
| Personification | Giving lifelike qualities to something that his not alive. |
| Determination | the act of coming to a decision or agreement; settling a purpose |
| Rising Action | events that lead up to the conflict, build suspense, bring reader to the climax |
| Falling Action | events that happen after the climax, that leads to the resolution of the story |