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Module 1- Fiction
Academic Vocabulary dealing with TEKs/SEs in Module 1- 1st 9 weeks
Term | Definition |
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infer | To conclude information using prior knowledge along with evidence from the text or passage |
prediction | Using text evidence to make an educated guess of what might happen next |
draw conclusions | Using your prior knowledge to figure out what they might do or say |
theme | |
moral lesson | |
plot | The most important events in a story in sequence, having three main parts: rising action, climax, and falling action |
foreshadowing | An author’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story. |
rising action | |
incident | An event or occurrence which leads to the main character's conflict |
protagonist | The main character in the story |
antagonist | The character or force that opposes the protagonist |
conflict | The essence problem in a fiction text/passage. This problem creates the plot. There are four kinds: man vs man, man vs nature, man vs society, man |
relationship | |
characterization | |
point of view | |
third person omniscient/omniscient | The narrator tells the story using pronouns like he/she/they knowing all the thoughts of all the charactersl-knowing perspective. The knowledge is not limited by anye character’s view or behavior, as the narrator knows everything about all characters |
third person limited | The narrator restricts his knowledge to one character’s view or behavior. |
first person | The story is told from a personal perspective from a main character using I, me, and you. |
objective | Telling the story revealing only the actions and words without knowing the inner feelings or thoughts of other characters |
narrator | Telling the story from a third person perspective or first person perspective |
exposition | The beginning of the story where the characters and setting are introduced. |
resolution | The end of the story where the major conflict is solved. |
climax | The most exciting part of the story where if the character changes the story changes. |
rising action | Where the main character faces incidents leading to a series of conflicts. |
falling action | Events leading to the end of the story. |
rise | A series of events that builds from the conflict. |