Unit One vocabulary

The events in a play, story, or novel that follow the climax, or moment of greatest suspense, and lead to the resolution

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• Resolution

events that give a reader background information needed to understand the story (characters are introduced, the setting is described, and the conflict begins to unfold)

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

the end of a text, in which the main conflict is finally resolved

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

the movement of a plot toward a climax or moment of greatest excitement; the rising action is fueled by the characters' responses to the conflict

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

explanations about the significance or importance of supporting details or examples in an analysis

• commentary

• revise

• diction

• syntax

the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence; the way in which words are put together to make meaningful elements, such as phrases, clauses, and sentences

• commentary

• revise

• diction

• syntax

to rework or reorganize a piece of writing to improve its logic and flow after completing a first draft

• commentary

• revise

• diction

• syntax

a writer's word choices, which often convey voice and tone

• commentary

• revise

• diction

• syntax

occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite

• character foil

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• allusion

occurs when an event contradicts the expectations of the characters or the reader

• character foil

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• allusion