English words of fiction

Subgenre

Smaller more specific category that fits into a big genre

Setting

Location and time something takes place

Rising action

Series of events in a story that builds tension

Turning point

Significant moment when an important change happens and a situation starts moving in a new direction.

Falling action

De-escalation of tension

Denouement

Final outcome of the story

Exposition

Background information to help the reader understand the genre better

Conflict

Problems that drive a story

Narrator

Person who tells the story

Protagonist

Character who readers root for

Antagonist

Character who opposes the protagonist

Dynamic

Character who changes throughout the story

Static

Character who doesn’t change

Irony

Opposite of what you expect to happen

Symbol

Something that represents an important object or theme

Motif

Something that reappears/recurring symbol that represents a them

Theme

Main message of a story