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Reading Standard 3
Tennessee Reading Standard 3
Term | Definition |
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Dialogue | the words that characters speak in a text; conversation between characters |
Propel the action | to move a story’s plot forward by driving events that keep the reader engaged such introducing conflict, developing characters, or creating suspense |
Analogy | an extended comparison that shows a relationship between two sets of things |
Compare | showing how two objects, ideas, or characters are similar |
Contrast | showing how two objects, ideas, or characters are different |
Character traits | the physical, emotional, and mental qualities that make up a character |
Character motivation | the reason(s) that a character acts |
Pacing | the rate or speed that the action moves in a story |
Point of view | the perspective a story is told from |