Academic Vocab #1

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Main events of a story

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plot

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Conflict faced by characters in a story

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Problem

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Most intense, exciting, or important part of a story

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Climax

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Action of solving a problem

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resolution

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What is almost every sentence about? Synonyms: topic, subject, theme, message, lesson.

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main idea

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To find or write this: Fiction - BME + 5 W's; Nonfiction - main idea + 5 W's

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summary

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Order of events in a story

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sequence of events/ chronological order

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Reason for writing something

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author's purpose

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When we infer, we combine what we know with clues to make an inference.

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infer; make an inference

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To benefit or aid

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contribute