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Old Yeller
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lunging | moving suddenly forward; thrusting |
| nub | lump or small piece |
| romping | playing in a rough, boisterous way; rushing and tumbling |
| rowdy | rough; disorderly; quarrelsome |
| slung | thrown; cast; hurled; flung; threw |
| speckled | marked with many small spots; spotted |
| setting | is the time and place in which a story occurs; it can change throughout the story; sometimes the author tells you this, but other times you have to figure it out from clues in the story |
| plot | story line; is the sequence of events in a story (includes a exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and a resolution) |
| visualize | to create pictures in your mind as you read |
| exposition | introduces the characters, setting and conflict |
| rising action | key events in sequential order that lead up to the climax |
| climax | turning point of the story; the most exciting part of the story |
| falling action | after the climax, leading the the resolution of the story |
| resolution | the problem of the story is resolved; the end |
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mcostello