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vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| internal conflict | a problem or a struggle that happens inside a characters mind or heart |
| external conflict | a problem or a struggle between a character and something outside of them |
| 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 |
| 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 my and we |
| third person point of view | the narrator is outside the story and uses words like he she they them |
| sensory details | words that appeal to the 5 senses and/or language that allows the reader to create mental images |
| connotation | the feelings, ideas, or emotions a word makes you think |
| 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 event that is the turning point in the story, at which the conflict is usually resolved. |
| falling action | the events that conclude the story and reveal its ending |
| resolution | the events that conclude the story and reveal the message |
| theme | the central message that runs throughout a story |
| metaphor | metaphor compares two unlike things using words likes or as |
| personification | give human characteristics or traits to an animal or non living things |
| hyperbole | a type of figurative language that makes exaggerated statements which is not meant to be taken literally |
| sensory details | words that appeal to the 5 senses and/or language that allows the reader to make mental images |
| simile | compares 2 unlike things using words like, like or as |
| figurative language | language used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true |
| sub plot | the secondary that happens along with the main plot |
| commentary | the readers own interpretation of what is happening within the story. This goes beyond surface-level of the text , and can include the readers personal opinions. |
| foreshadow | warning of a future event |
| non fiction | a type of writing that is based on real events |
| central idea | the main message a writer wants readers to understand from a text |
| memoir | a form of narrative writing, written from the perspective from the author, about an important time in their life |
| thesis statement | a sentence in the introduction of an essay that states the writers position or opinion on the topic of an essay |
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