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ELA Core Vocabulary used for Vocabulary Matching (Week 2)

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character   One of the people or animals in a story  
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setting   The time and place a story occurs  
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plot   The series of events in a story that reveal the exposition, conflict, rising action, and resolution  
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conflict   The problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story  
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climax   The most exciting part of the story or the point of highest emotional intensity  
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falling action   The action following the climax that leads the reader to the story's ending; events fall into place  
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resolution   The conclusion of the story, where the story is "wrapped up"  
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inference   To make an educated guess based on evidence in the text  
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point of view   The perspective from which a story is told  
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figurative language   The use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner to create a special effect or feeling. Examples: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom.  
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summarize   To provide/describe the key points in a concise manner (beginning, middle, end) in your own words  
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predict   To foretell or say what is going to happen, usually based on evidence in the story  
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exposition   Where the setting and characters are introduced  
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text feature   Parts of a reading passage that "stand out" from the rest of the information; used to bring attention to important information. Examples: headings, diagrams, sidebars, captions, etc.  
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text structure   How information in a text is organized (chronological order, cause/effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution, sequence & description)  
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foreshadowing   A hint that something is going to happen in the story; the author drops hints to prepare the reader for the outcome  
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flashback   Interruption of the story to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story; "looking back"  
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compare/contrast   To identify how things are alike and how they are different  
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cause/effect   A relationship between events such that one thing is the result of another  
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theme   The message, lesson or moral of a story  
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