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Unit 3A-Test 2
Academic Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Plot | the basic sequence of events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution |
Point of view | the perspective from which the events in the story are told |
Resolution | the point in a literary work at which the story’s problem is worked out |
Rising action | the element of plot structure that develops the conflict through a series of events to build interest and/or suspense and leads up to the climax |
Setting | the time and place in which a narrative occurs. Elements of setting may include the physical, psychological, cultural, or historical background against which the story takes place. |
Simile | a comparison of two things that are essentially different, usually using the words like or as |
Sound device | a device used by authors to create meaning through sound and help readers develop visual images |
Theme | the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/condition |
Voice | articulation or expression in coherent form, either verbally or in a piece of writing |
Text structure | the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text |