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6th Unit 2
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cite | quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work. |
| Inferences | a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. |
| Point of View (pov) | efers to who is telling or narrating a story. A story can be told from the first person, second person or third person point of view |
| Resolution | The resolution is the end of the story. It occurs after the CLIMAX. It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved. |
| Thesis | A thesis is to an essay what a theme is to a short story, play, or poem: it's the idea, proposition, claim, or point. Good theses come in many shapes and sizes. A thesis cannot always be in one sentence, nor will it always appear in the same place |
| central idea | The central idea is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story. The central idea can be described as the dominant or the universal,truth found in the story. |
| explicitly | in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt. |
| conflict | In fiction, those problems are called conflict. More precisely, conflict means thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire. It's basically when a character wants something but something else gets in the way. |
| characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. |
| evidence | IN A NUTSHELL • Literary evidence = a quotation from the text that supports the argument you are making about the how to interpret the text |
| analyze | to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of: to analyze a poem. to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc. |
| textual evidence | Using specific words/phrases from an already published author that helps to prove a statement or to lend credibility to an idea. |
| setting | the location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place. |
| argument | An argument in literature is a brief summary, often in prose, of a poem or section of a poem or other work |
| contribute | Traditionally, a ''contribution'' adds to the literature through filling a salient gap in the way investigators conduct mixed methods research, replicating the design or findings of a controversial or signature mixed methods study |
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