1. Vocabulary
Week 1: Narrative

2. narrative (n)
A narrative is a story. I just finished reading Wonder and it is the greatest narrative of all time.

3. protagonist (n)
A protagonist is the main character of a story. The protagonist in The Hunger Games is Katniss Everdeen.

4. antagonist (n)
An antagonist is the rival to the main character. The main antagonist in the Batman comic books is The Joker.

5. conflict (n)
A conflict is a problem or issue in a story. The biggest conflict in Shiloh is between Marty and Judd because Marty wants to keep Shiloh even though Shiloh is not his dog.

6. resolution (n)
A resolution is how the problem is solved. The resolution to Shiloh is Marty taking ownership of Shiloh after impressing Judd with his hard work.

7. characterization (n)
Characterization makes up all the parts of a character. How they look, act, think, etc. A character’s personality.
It is easy to identify the characterization for Patrick Star. He is tall, pink, and a complete doofus.

8. perspective (n)
The perspective of a novel is through whose eyes the story is told. The point of view a narrative. War Horse is told from a horse’s perspective.

9. climax (n)
A climax is the most important event in a story. The climax of The Hunger Games is when Katniss and Peeta are about to eat nightlock rather than fight each other.

10. Analyze (v)
If you analyze something, you look closely to see if it makes sense. Detectives analyze their evidence so they can solve the crime.

11. Revise (v)
If you revise something, you change it to make it better or more correct. Ms. Paris asked the student to revise their work and change their dead words to vivid words.