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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plot | The events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of a story. |
| Setting | The time and place of a story. |
| Dialogue | Conversations characters have with each other. |
| Internal conflict | A problem or struggle that happens Inside a character's mind or heart. |
| External Conflict | A problem or struggle between a character and something outside of them. |
| Narrator | The person or voice telling a story. |
| First person point of view | The narrator is a character inside the story and uses words like I, me, we. |
| Third person point of view | The narrator is outside the story and uses words like he, she, they, them. |
| Figurative Language | Language used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true. |
| Simile | Compares two unlike things using words such as like or as. |
| Metaphor | Metaphors two unlike things without using the words like or as. |
| Sensory details | Words that appeal to the five senses and/or language that allows the reader to create mental images. |
| Connotation | The feelings, Ideas, or emotions a word makes you think of. |
| Denotation | The exact, dictionary definition of a word. |
| Exposition | The introduction to the story that usually reveals the setting, the major characters, and the conflict. |
| Rising Action | The major events that develop the plot and lead to the climax. |
| Climax | The events that is the turning in the story, at which the conflict is usually resolved. |
| Falling Action | The events that begin to conclude the story and lead to the ending. |
| Resolution | The events that conclude the story and reveal its massage. |
| Theme | The central message that runs throughout the story. |
| Foreshadowing | Clues or hints in a story of events that will happen later in the plot. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics or traits to an animal or non living thing. |
| commentary | The reader's own interpretation of what is happening within a story. This goes beyond the surface-level of the text, and can include the reader's personal opinions. |
| subplot | The secondary plot that happens along with the main plot. |
| Hyperbole | A type of figurative language that makes an exaggerated statement which is not meant to be taken literally. |
| Non-fiction | A type of writing that is based on real events and real people. |
| Central Idea | The main message a writer wants readers to understand from the text. |
| Memoir | A from of narrative writing, written from the perspective of the author, about an important time in their life. |
| Thesis | A sentence in the introduction of and essay that states the writer's position or opinion on the topic of the essay. |
| Controversy | A public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion. |
| Controversial | an issue that is debatable, or an issue about which there can be disagreement. |
| Argument | a set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong. |
| Argumentation | the act of formally engaging in an argument about a debatable issue. |
| Claim | In argumentation a writer makes a claim stating a position or opinion about a topic. This can also be called their thesis statement. |
| Claim | To claim is to assert or maintain an opinion as a fact. |
| Editorial | A short essay in which someone speaking for a publication expresses an opinion or takes a stand on an issue. |
| Tone | The attitude that a writer or speaker displays toward his or her subject. |
| Formal style | A style of writing or speaking that Is appropriate for formal communication such as in academics or business. |
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