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Characters
person, animal, or imaginary creature in literature.
Character’s qualities
Character actions, statements, and feelings.
Conflict
Types of problems characters face and the ways they resolve them.
Dialogue
Words characters say in a story
Episode
An event or a group of events occurring as a part of a larger sequence
Plot
The series of episodes in which action occurs throughout a story.
Exposition
Introduction of characters and situation.
Rising action
Conflict begins and is developed
Climax
Conflict is the most intense
Falling action
Minor conflicts are resolved and tension eases.
Resolution
Ending of the story.
Setting
Important or dramatic places in a story.
Connotations
The negative or positive ideas associated with a word.
Figurative Language
Language that is used imaginatively rather than literally.
Phrases
A group of words that work together to form a part of a sentence.
Tone
The attitude or feeling that that writer expresses about a subject.
Line
A single unit of a poem that expresses and idea.
Paragraph
A part of a text where two or more sentences are arranged together with the same central idea.
Lot
The series of episodes in which action occurs throughout a story.
Scene
A part of a play where a series of events happen in the same place
Setting
Important or dramatic places in a story; when and where the story takes place.
Stanza
A part of a poem where two or more lines are arranged together with the same central idea.
Text structure
The way an author organizes information in a text.
Theme
Central idea or message about life or behavior in a piece of literature.
Analyze
Separating something into its parts for a close look; examining and explaining how the parts contribute to the whole.
Key individual, event, or idea
Any important person, event, or idea.
Point of view
The author’s perspective, which is based on his or her feelings or interest in a topic.
Purpose
The main reason an author writes a work.
Integrate
Bring together.
Media
Different means of mass communication, like television, radio, magazines, or the internet.
Argument
Writing that expresses an author’s position on an issue.
Claim
A statement about what the author believes to be true.
Counterclaim.
What someone who disagrees with an author might believe about a topic and why.
Distinguish
To tell apart by seeing differences.
Evidence
Information that supports the reasons for why an author believes what they do.
Valid
Based on truth, fact, and logic.
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