A fictional narrative that
presents a sequence of events
The speech of one person or
character
The main message of a story
Short Story
Monologue
Theme
The methods a writer uses to
develop characters
Sequence of related events that
make up story
Imaginative language, such as
metaphors and similes, that is
not meant to be interpreted
literally
Characterization
Plot
The problem in the story, or the
struggle between two opposing
forces
Events that give the reader
background information needed
to understand the story
Events after the climax but
before the resolution
Exposition
Falling Action
Major events that develop the
plot and lead to the climax
The turning point or high point
of the story
A word that describes a noun
Rising Action
Climax
Adjective
A word that describes or
modifies verbs; the suffix –ly is
often added to the word
This links the noun or pronoun
following it to another word in a
sentence
The past tense of this verb is
formed by adding –d or –ed.
Conflict
Adverb
Preposition
Figurative Language
Regular Verb
The past tense of this verb is
formed in different ways than by
adding –d or –ed.
This part of a sentence contains
a verb and tells what the subject
is doing
This takes the place of a noun
Pronoun
Irregular Verbs
Predicate
This is the part of the sentence
that is a noun or pronoun that
the sentence is about
Type of personal pronoun that
uses I and we
Type of personal pronoun that
uses you
First Person Pronoun
Second Person Pronoun
Type of personal pronoun that
uses he, she, it, they and them
This has three characteristics:
begins with a capital letter,
includes an end mark, and
contains a subject and predicate
A group of words with only one
subject and a predicate that
contains a complete thought
Third Person Pronoun
Complete Sentence
Simple Sentence
Subject
This is used in a list to indicate
that similar words could follow
Etc.