Vocab Madness

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Exposition of a story includes the characters, setting, and basic situation.

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Introduction of characters, setting, and basic situation.

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Rising action in a story involves events that increase tension about the conflict.

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events that increase tension about the conflict

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Climax of a story

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Point of greatest tension.

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Falling action in a story:

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Events that follow the climax and reduce tension.

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Resolution of a story

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The final outcome of the story.

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Simile

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comparing two things using like or as

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparing two things not using like or as.

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What is personification?

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Gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

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Tone of a story:

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The author's attitude or feeling about the subject.

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Mood of a story:

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the feeling or emotion the reader gets when reading a passage.