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newton reading terms
reading terms claymont
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| narrator | The person or character who is telling the story. |
| setting | Time and place of the story. |
| plot | The action in the story. |
| exposition | The part that explains the background and setting of the story. |
| rising action | The part of the story when various problems start to happen.. |
| dialogue | talking between characters |
| symbol | a concrete or real object used to represent an idea. |
| similes | comparing things using like or as |
| climax | the most exciting part of the story |
| resolution | when the problem is solved |
| point of view | the perspective or vantage point from which a story is told. |
| first person | point of view that uses pronouns such as "I" "me" or "we" |
| second person | point of view that uses pronoun "you" |
| third person | point of view that uses pronouns "he" "she" or "they |
| theme | the message or lesson of the story |
| mood | the feeling of the story |
| character | the people, animals, or creatures in the story |
| conflict | the problem of the story |
| sequence of events | the order of events in a story |
| character traits | words that describe how the character acts |
| fiction | writing that is not true (made-up) |
| non-fiction | writing that is based on facts (true) |
| metaphor | comparing two things using is or are a direct comparison |
| author's purpose | why the author writes. |
| persuade,inform, entertain | the three main reasons author's write |
| fact | something that can be proved |
| opinion | something that can not be proved |
| cause | the reason something happens |
| effect | the result of something (what happened) |
| explain | to tell in detail |
| static character | the character doesn't change or grow throughout the story |
| dynamic character | the character shows significant change in their behavior |
| Antagonist | the evil or bad character (the villain) |
| Protagonist | the hero or good guy of the story |
| Compare | seeing how things are alike |
| Contrast | seeing how things are different |
| person vs person | person fighting with someone else (another person) |
| person vs nature | person fighting nature (surviving a hurricane) |
| person vs society | person fighting with authority (protesting) |
| person vs self | person fighting with themselves (making a decision) |
| flashback | an interruption in the story to look at the past or remember something from the past |
| foreshadowing | author's clues to hint at what may happen in the future |
| Genre | classification of literature (types of writing) |
| Generalization | a statement that seems to be true in most situations, but is based on too few facts |
| Irony | when something you did not expect to happen, does happen |
| Imagery | writing that appeals to the five senses |
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bnewton
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