Reading Vocabulary

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Reading Vocabulary
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Reading Vocabulary

• Conflict

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The problem in the story, the plot actions or
problems that the characters encounter.
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Character
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• A person in the story.

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Protagonist
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• The central character of the story.

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Antagonist
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• The bad guy, the character that is creating the
  conflict.

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Secondary Characters
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• The extra characters that help move the story
  along.

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Climax
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• The most exciting event, usually built up from
  the preceding event. The highest point of action
  in a story.

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Rising Action
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• Middle part of the story where things happen.

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Falling Action
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• Follows the climax.

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Conflict Resolution/Conclusion
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• The end of the story and the resolution of the
  conflicts.

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Resolution
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• The ending of the story.

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Dialogue
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• Characters talking to each other.

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Characterization
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• Author describes the character.

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Mood
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• The feeling the reader gets.

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Setting
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• The time and place of a story.

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Tone
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• The authors attitude about a part of a story.

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Point of View
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• The angle which the story is told.

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First Person Point of View
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• The story is written as though the main character
  is telling it I is used throughout the story.

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Third-person point of view
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• The story is written from a storytellers
  perspective.