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Vocabulary # 4
Reading
Term | Definition |
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Exposition | the introduction/beginning of the story |
Rising Action | the events leading up to climax; building suspense |
Climax | the most intense part of the story; the turning point |
Falling Action | the events after the climax/turning point, that lead to the resolution |
Resolution/Denouement | solution; how the story turns out |
Inciting Incident | an event that hooks the reader into the story and sets everything else that happens into motion. |
Auto | self |
Cycl | circle |
Graph | writing |
Efficiency | the ability to do something without wasting materials, time, or energy |
Accusatory | accusing or blaming someone |
Manipulated | to move or control something or someone; usually in an unfair way |
Entitled | when someone thinks they have a right to something |
Tumultuously | wildly |
Slacken | slow down |