Vocab

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story problem

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conflict

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imagery

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the use of selected details to describe one thingof another this helps suggest additional meanings and feelings

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potaginist

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the central character of the story

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Sett:ng:

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The environment in which the story takes place.

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hyperbole

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an exaggerated staement used to make a strong effect

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Narrator:

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The speaker who tells the story. If the narrator is also a character who participates in the story, it is important not to confuse thenarrator with the author-who may, in fact, hold a very different attitude toward the story.

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exposition

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background material about the characters, setting, and dramatic situation with which the author introduces the essential of the story to the reader.

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resolution

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the conclusion of the story

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description

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verbal representation od characters,scene,or action used to make the story more vivid for reader

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antaginist

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bad guy character in direct conflit with the potaginist

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.Point of view:

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The perspective from which a story is told.3rd Point of view is said to be omniscient if the author is outside the
story and presents the thoughts of all the characters involved. 1st point of view is called limited when the story is told from the view~ i~1
I pomt of one character who can see only a part of the whOle story.

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conflict

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the central source of tension and drama in the story

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irony

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a particular tone created when the speaker intends a meaning that is opposite to the words he or she says

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characterization

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the methodsa writer uses to communicate information about characters to readers

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direct charecterization

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when the author tells the reader directly about a character it is called

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Understatement:

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A figure of speech in which the speaker says less than
what he or she actually feels.

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dramatic irony

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a technique that increases suspense by letting readers know more about the dramatic situation

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complication

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any obstacle that increases the tension of the story conflict

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indirect characterzation

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when the author show the character in action and lets readers draw their own conclusions it is called

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Rising action:

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The part of the story, including exposition, in which theRising action builds to its Highest point of tension at the story's climax.

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diction

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the author's choice of words the vocabulary level of the story

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dialogue

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the actual words that characters speak

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climax

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the moment when the acton comes to its highest point of dramatic conflict

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Structure:

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the framework determines how a story is put together its"skeleton." The'structure of many stories includes four basic parts: exposition,
complication, climax, and resolution.

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Suspense:

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Techniques used by the author to keep readers interested in the
story and wondering what will happen next.

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Style:

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The characteristic ways that an individual author uses language-including word choice, length and complexity of sentences patterns of sound, and use of imagery and symbols.

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Theme:

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The story's main ideas-the "message" that the author intends"to communicate by telling the story. Themes are often universal truths that are sugessted by the specifics of the story.

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Symbol:

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An image, object, character, or action that stands for an idea (or
ideas) beyond its literal meaning.

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mood

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the overall feeling light and happy or dark and brooding for example created by an authors choice of words

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forshadowing

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a writing technique that gives readers clues about events that will happen later in the story

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falling action

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the part of the story following the climax and leading to the resolution in which there is a sharp decline in dramatic tension

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Tone:

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The clues in a story that suggest the wricc;i: .;, (or narrator's) own
attitude toward elements of his or her story.