Grade 6: Introduction to Literature and Fiction

15 words 31 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  2. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  3. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  4. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  5. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  6. media
    systems of mass communications considered collectively
  7. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  8. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  9. novella
    a short novel
  10. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  11. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  12. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
  13. setting
    facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
  14. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  15. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
Created on Tue May 11 14:48:30 EDT 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 11:16:11 EDT 2021)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.