Literary terms vocabulary: 15 terms with definitions
All 15 words in the sixth-grade word search "Reading a story," each with a short definition. Read them together, print them as a study handout or as a quiz without the definitions, then find them in the word search.
15 terms · Literary terms vocabulary · definitions included
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Protagonist
DefinitionThe main character, the one the story follows.
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Antagonist
DefinitionThe character or force that works against the main character.
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Conflict
DefinitionThe problem or struggle at the center of a story.
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Theme
DefinitionThe big idea or message about life that a story shows.
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Setting
DefinitionWhere and when a story takes place.
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Plot
DefinitionThe series of events that make up a story.
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Narrator
DefinitionThe voice that tells the story.
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Dialogue
DefinitionThe words characters say to each other, usually set in quotation marks.
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Climax
DefinitionThe turning point of a story, when the conflict is at its most intense.
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Resolution
DefinitionThe end of a story, where the conflict is settled.
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Genre
DefinitionA kind of writing, such as mystery, fantasy or biography.
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Metaphor
DefinitionA comparison that says one thing is another, such as "the classroom was a zoo."
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Simile
DefinitionA comparison using like or as, such as "as brave as a lion."
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Imagery
DefinitionWords that help a reader see, hear, smell, taste or feel what is described.
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Foreshadowing
DefinitionHints early in a story about what will happen later.
Timer and team scores
8 turns × 60 seconds = 8 minutes of play, plus instructions and breaks.
60
Pause whenever the group needs more time.
Team Lime's turn
Team Lime: 0
Team Violet: 0
Team Tangerine: 0
Team Sky: 0
Team Lemon: 0
Team Bubblegum: 0
Use this set with a group
Read a prompt, allow thinking time, then invite an answer or a pass. For a timed round, choose a turn length before starting. A host can keep the printed answers out of view until the round ends.