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40 Cards in this Set
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Fiction |
Stories that use made up characters, settings and/or plots to convey events that are not real |
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Protagonist |
The main character of the story, the "good guy" |
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Antagonist |
The character who stands in opposition to the protagonist, the "villain" |
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Plot |
The events of the story |
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Exposition |
The beginning of the story |
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Rising Action |
Story sequence that reveals conflict in the story |
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Conflict |
The problem the main character faces |
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Climax |
The turning point or highest interest point of the story |
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Falling Action |
Story sequence that leads to resolution of the conflict |
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Resolution |
The conflicts of the story are solved |
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Theme |
The authors message, lesson, or moral of the story |
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Dialogue |
Conversations between characters |
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First Person Point of Veiw |
The narrator is a character in the story revealing his or her own thoughts or feelings |
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Second Person Point of View |
The narrator is talking to you, teaching or instructing on how to do something. The writing is told using second person pronouns. |
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Third Person Limited Point of View |
An outside narrator who only knows one characters thoughts and feelings tells the story. The writing is told using third person pronouns |
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Third Person Omniscient Point of View |
An ouside narrator who knows all characters thoughts and feeling tells the story. The writing is told using third person pronouns |
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Situational Irony |
The opposite of what is expected to happen |
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Verbal Irony |
Saying the opposite of what is meant also known as sarcasm |
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Dramatic Irony |
The reader knows something that the character in the story doesn't know |
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Foreshadowing |
Clues to future events in the story |
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Flashback |
Revealing events that happened prior to the current story setting |
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Imagery |
The use of sensory details to paint an image or picture in the readers mind |
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Symbolism |
An object represents an idea |
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Mood |
The feeling the reader gets from story, poem, or informational text |
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Tone |
The authors attitude towards a subject |
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Non-ficton |
Writing that uses real people, settings, and plots to convey acual events |
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Authors Purpose |
Why the author is writing: to inform, to pursue, to entertain, to discribe |
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Organizational Structure of Text |
How the writing is organized |
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Headings |
The big, bold titles of units, chapters or sections of a piece of writings |
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Sub-Heading |
The smaller titles of sub-section within a larger piece of writing |
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Argument |
Appeals the author makes to convince/persuade |
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Bias |
The authors opinion or viewpoint on a topic |
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Fact |
Provable information |
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Speculation |
The forming of theory without firm evidence |
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Reasoned Judgement |
An opinion with factual supporting evidence |
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Glossary |
The alphabetical list of vocabulary terms found at the back of an informational text or at the beginnings of each chapter of an informational text |
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Index |
A more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics, along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed |
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Footnote |
An explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottle of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page |
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Central Idea |
The most important or central though of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about |
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Supporting Details |
Statements that help readers better understand the main idea by further describing, explaining, or defining the main idea |
