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Fiction Vocab Part1
Academic Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Setting | the time and place of a story |
Character | a person, thing, or animal in a story, poem, book, play or movie |
Plot | the actions or events in a story, book, movie or play |
Exposition | the opening information in a literary piece. It provides background information, estblishes the setting, and introduces characters. |
Rising Action | a series of events that LEADS up to the CLIMAX of the story. This is where the problems start to arise. |
Falling Action | a series of events that LEAD to the RESOLUTION of the conflict |
Climax | the TURNING POINT of the story; the moment when the HIGHEST suspense reaches its peak |
Conflict | the problem |
Resolution | resolving the conflict |
Summary | an account of the MAIN IDEAS of a text |