Review Terms

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Fiction

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Stories that use made up characters, settings, and/or plots to convey events that are not

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Protagonist

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The main character of the story, the "good guy"

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Antagonist

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The character who stands in opposition to the protagonist, the "villains"

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Plot

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The events of the story. Plot can be broken down into exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, resolution

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Exposition

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The beginning of the story

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Rising Action

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Story sequence that reveals the conflict(s) in a story

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Conflict

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The problem the main character faces, conflict can be broken down into Man versus man, man vs self, Man vs Society, man versus nature, or Man vs technology

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Climax

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The turning point or highest interest point of the story, from this point for the character, problems, or other story event changes

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Falling Action

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Story sequence that leads to resolution of the conflict(s)

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Resolution

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The conflict(s) of the story are solved

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Theme

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The author's message, lesson, or moral of the story ( what does the author want you to think about, learn, or reflect on?) Examples of themes: things aren't always what they seem, Life is what you choose to make it, Conflicts always have a solution

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Dialogue

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Conversation between characters

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First Person point of view

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The narrator is a character in the story revealing his or her own thoughts and feelings. The story is told using first person pronouns : I, me, my, we, us, our, ours

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Second person point of view

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The narrator is talking to you, teaching or instructing on how to do something. The writing is told using second person pronouns: you, yours

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Third person limited point of view

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An outside narrator who knows one's characters thoughts feelings and tells the story. The writing is tone using third person pronouns : he, she, it, though, them, etc

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Third person omniscient point of view

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An outside narrator who knows all characters thoughts and feelings tells the story. The writing is told using third person pronouns: he, she, it, they, them, etc .

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Situational Irony

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The opposite of what is expected to happen

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Verbal Irony

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Saying the opposite of what is meant, also known as sarcasm

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Dramatic Irony

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The reader knows something that the character in the story doesn't know... we knew the narrator of Tell-Tale Heart was crazy, when he did not.... we knew that Juliet was just sleeping when Romeo thought she was dead

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Foreshadowing

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Clues to future events in the story ...the mechanic and The Hitch-Hiker telling Ms Adams she should be calling for a hearse

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Flashback

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Revealing events that happened prior to the current story setting...TSB- Cole flashing back to the circle of justice meetings when he was banished to the island

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Imagery

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The use of sensory details s(ight , taste, touch...) To paint an image or picture in the reader's mind

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Symbolism

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An object represents an idea...flag symbolizes freedom...teacup symbolizes the theme things aren't always what they seem(landlady)

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Mood

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The feeling the reader gets from a story, Pelham, or informational text

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Tone

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The authors attitude toward a subject

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Non-fiction

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Writing that uses real people, settings, and plots to convey events

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Author's Purpose

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Why the author is writing: to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to describe

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Organizational structure of text

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How the writing is organized: chronological / sequenced order, compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem solution, question and answer

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Headings

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The big ,bold titles of units, chapters or sections of a piece of writing

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Sub-Headings

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The smaller titles of sub-sections within a larger piece of writing

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Argument

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appeals the author makes to convince/persuade a reader

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Bias

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The authors opinion or viewpoint on a topic

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Fact

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Provable information

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Speculation

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The forming of a theory without firm evidence

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Reasoned judgment

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An opinion with factual supporting evidence

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Glossary

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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

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(in a nonfiction book, monograph,etc) 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

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An explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page

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Central idea

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The most important or Central thought of a paragraph or larger section text, which tells the reader what the text is about: find the main idea in each paragraph

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Supporting details

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Statements that help readers better understand the main idea by further describing, explaining, or defining the main idea