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Reading Benchmark 1
Reading Vocabulary Benchmark 1
Term | Definition |
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Setting | The time and location a story takes place. |
Theme | The message of a piece of literature. |
Story | A fictional tale, designed to entertain the reader. |
Drama | A piece of writing that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted out. |
Poem | A composition in verse. |
Prose | Ordinary language that people use in writing. |
Structual Elements | Components that build a story such as character and setting. |
Verse | Lines of words arranged in a rhythmic pattern. |
Rhythm | A flow of rising and falling sounds in language that is produced in a verse. |
Meter | The repeated pattern of musical beats in a measure. |
Dialogue | A conversation between two or more people. |
Event | Something that happens in the story. |
Character | A person in the story. |
Setting | When and where a story takes place. |
Character Traits | How a person acts, feels, and thinks. |
Actions | Something done by someone in the story. |
Stage Directions | An instruction written into the script of the play. |