Vocab Set 1

Front

Problem in the story

Back

conflict

Front

Finding a solution to a problem

Back

Resolution

Front

Where and when the story takes place?

Back

Setting

Front

Instructions for actors and stage crew, written in italics.

Back

stage directions

Front

A conversation between two people

Back

dialogue

Front

What a piece of writing is mainly about

Back

Main idea

Front

Main events of a story

Back

summary

Front

Message or central idea of a work

Back

theme

Front

Reason for author's writing: persuade, inform, entertain

Back

author's purpose

Front

Educated guess using prior knowledge and text evidence.

Back

inference/infer