STAAR Review Vocabulary 3

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plot

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the sequence of events in a literary work

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expository

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intended to explain or describe something (typically seen at the beginning of a story used to introduce the characters and the setting)

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rising action

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the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

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climax

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Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

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falling action

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the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

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resolution

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End of the story where loose ends are tied up

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infer

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to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

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preposition

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a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else.

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first person point of view

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Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns 'I' and 'We'

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third person point of view

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the narrator is someone on the outside looking in and telling the story as he/she sees it unfold. (uses the characters' names as well as he, she, they, etc....)