Unit 1 Vocab Review

Hung in messy strands

• Wearily

• Fatigue

• Straggled

• Frail

Physical or mental exhaustion

• Wearily

• Fatigue

• Straggled

• Frail

In a tired way

• Wearily

• Fatigue

• Straggled

• Frail

Delicate; weak

• Wearily

• Fatigue

• Straggled

• Frail

In an embarrassed way

• Sheepishly

• Frail

• Straggled

• Wearily

When something unexpected happens or is said

• Falling action

• Irony

• Plot

• Conflict

A character (or thing) that is the source of conflict in a literary work

• climax

• dialogue

• rising action

• antagonist

The way in which the author develops the personalities of the characters

• irony

• characterization

• resolution

• mood

The emotional atmosphere of a piece -- how the reader "feels"

• motif

• plot

• mood

• diction

The background information given at the beginning of a story is _____