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Fiction Unit Vocabulary Review Lists 1-5

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Term
Definition
Plot   major events in a story  
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Characters   people or animals in a story  
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Conflict   the main problem  
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Theme   the main point, lesson  
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Setting   where and when the story takes place  
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Persuade   to convince the audience  
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Inform/Explain   to tell about something  
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Entertain   to capture the audience/tell a story  
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Express   to express feelings (usually in poetry)  
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1st Person   told by one of the characters; “I”, “me”, “my”  
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2nd Person   the narrator is speaking directly to the audience; “you”, “your”  
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3rd Person   told by an observer not a character; “he”, “she”, “they”  
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Exposition   the introduction/beginning of the story  
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Rising Action   the events leading up to climax; building suspense  
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Climax   the most intense part of the story; the turning point  
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Falling Action   the events after the climax/turning point, that lead to the resolution  
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Resolution/Denouement   solution; how the story turns out  
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External Conflict   a struggle between a character and an outside force  
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Internal Conflict   a struggle within the character’s mind  
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Man vs. Man   conflict between two characters  
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Man vs. Self   conflict between a character and his own thoughts/feelings  
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Man vs. Society   conflict between a character and a large group  
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Man vs. Nature   conflict between a character and a natural force  
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Man vs. Technology   conflict between a character and some form of technology  
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Man vs. Supernatural   conflict between a character and something that is not normal in some way  
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Tone   author’s attitude  
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Mood   feeling created by the story; reader’s emotions  
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Foreshadowing   hinting at future events in the story  
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Flashback   taking a break from present events to explain something that happened in the past  
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Imagery   words meant to create a picture in the reader’s mind  
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Genre   type or category of literature  
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