GMAS Vocab Review Section 1

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Passages that are stories, dramas, or poems

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literary texts

Front

Literary text's lesson or message

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theme

Front

Order of events in a story

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plot

Front

Beginning of the story where characters, setting, and conflicts are revealed

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exposition

Front

Beginning of the story revealing characters, setting, and conflicts

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rising action

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Highest point in a story

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climax

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Literary element involving a struggle between opposing forces.

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conflict

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Conflict occurs outside the character, like ghosts affecting Scrooge.

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external

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Conflict arises from a character's internal struggle, like Scrooge's denial of his mistreatment of others.

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Internal

Front

Author's development of a character in a passage

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Characterization