Compare/Contrast Literature Vocab

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Plot

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All events in a story.

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Rising Action

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events that lead to the climax

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Conflict

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A problem the main character must solve.

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Climax

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most exciting part of a story

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Resolution

Back

how the conflict is solved

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Compare

Back

to find what is the same or similar

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Contrast

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to find what is different

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Theme

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Overall message or lesson of a story

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Setting

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the locations and time period of a story

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Author

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a person who writes a story