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Vocabulary/Reading Skills

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lunging   moving suddenly forward; thrusting  
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nub   lump or small piece  
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romping   playing in a rough, boisterous way; rushing and tumbling  
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rowdy   rough; disorderly; quarrelsome  
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slung   thrown; cast; hurled; flung; threw  
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speckled   marked with many small spots; spotted  
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setting   is the time and place in which a story occurs; it can change throughout the story; sometimes the author tells you this, but other times you have to figure it out from clues in the story  
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plot   story line; is the sequence of events in a story (includes a exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and a resolution)  
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visualize   to create pictures in your mind as you read  
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exposition   introduces the characters, setting and conflict  
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rising action   key events in sequential order that lead up to the climax  
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climax   turning point of the story; the most exciting part of the story  
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falling action   after the climax, leading the the resolution of the story  
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resolution   the problem of the story is resolved; the end  
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