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33 Cards in this Set
- Front
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What is an Introduction?
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The first par of
a plot. |
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What is the rising action?
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Series of conflicts or struggles that build a story of a play toward its climax.
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Climax
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The highest point or turning point of a story.
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The falling action is?
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Action that works out the decision arrived at during the climax.
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Conclusion
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The Ending
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Resolution
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The Ending
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What do it mean to analyze the story?
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Look at how a story's elements work independently and together.
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Protagonist
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Is the main character of the story.
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Antagonist
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Person or thing working against the Protagonist or hero of the story.
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what is a conflict?
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Struggle between characters or forces in a story.
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What does tone mean?
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Author's attitude toward the subject in the story.
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What is the theme of a story?
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The statement about life that the author wants to convey to the reader.
Implied theme Directly stated theme |
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what does it mean to apply something in a story?
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take information that you read and make it practical.
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what is a prediction?
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Using clues to guess what will happen next in a story.
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What does making inferences mean?
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What i Know + What i Read= "why" if story.
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What it means to use context clues?
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Using hints in nearby words and sentences around the unfamiliar word to create a definition and understanding.
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What does it mean to connect with the text?
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Find something familiar in the story to help understand it.
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Preview mean?Pre=before view=look
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Before you read, look at the title, and pictures. Headings to see what the story is about.
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Identify the Author's Purpose
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Why did he write? To entertain, persuade, and inform.
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Distinguish Fact from Opinion
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Fact= provable with evidence
Opinion= How a person feels or believes about something. |
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Distinguish is?
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tell the difference between.
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Fact is?
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Provable with evidence.
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Fiction mean? "fake"
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story not based on fact; made up.
non-fiction read autobiography,newspaper articles. |
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Determine means?
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decide based on textual evidence.
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Sequence mean?
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Order of events or information (arrangements)
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Chronological Order means?
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Time order.
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Order of Importance is?
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Most important info. to least important info.
least important info to most important info. |
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Cause and effect order?
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Why did something happen?
What happened as a result? |
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What does the word Evaluate Mean?
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To form an opinion or make a judgement.
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What is a Setting?
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Is the time and place where a story takes place.
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What is the mood in the story?
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The feeling that a literary work gives to the reader.
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What is Characterization?
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The way the author describes and develop the character in the story.
Ex. Protaganist, Antagonist |
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What does it mean to Identify the story?
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To determine; reconize
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