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Fiction Test Flashcards

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A restatement of the main points with only the important details

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Summary

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Conclusion of the story

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Resolution

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Using prior knowledge and textual evidence to draw conclusions

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Inference

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Helping words or phrases students can use to understand unfamiliar words

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Context clues

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The authors reason for writing

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Purpose

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The character against who

the protagonist struggles

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Antagonist

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A series of events that increases the tension of the conflict and builds from the initiating event to the climax

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Rising action

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Struggle that puts an individual against the machine a technological force

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Individual versus technology

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Struggle that puts an individual against a supernatural or paranormal force

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Individual versus supernatural

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Section of the story near the beginning that introduces characters, setting, and background

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Exposition

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The central message or concern in a literary work

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Theme

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Sequence of events after the turning point where the story begins to wind down, leading to the resolution

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Falling action

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Incident that triggers the main or central conflict in the story

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Initiating event

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The turning point of the main or central conflict; moment of highest tension

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Climax

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The sequence of events in a literary work; what happens in the story

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Plot

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Struggle that puts an individual against forces of nature

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Individual versus nature

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Struggle between a character and an outside force

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External conflict

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A struggle or problem that exists in the characters mind

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Individual versus self or internal

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Place, time, and duration of the story

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Setting

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A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

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Character

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Struggle or problem between two characters

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Individual versus individual

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The problem or struggle between opposing forces or characters

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Conflict

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Main character in a story

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Protagonist

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Struggle of an individual against a group

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Individual versus society

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Add it to the author has towards the subject or character

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Tone

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The emotional feeling the author creates in the reader

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Mood

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A restatement of the main points with only the important details

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Summary

28
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Conclusion of the story

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Resolution

29
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Using prior knowledge and textual evidence to draw conclusions

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Inference

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Helping words or phrases students can use to understand unfamiliar words

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Context clues

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The authors reason for writing

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Purpose or authors purpose

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The character against who

the protagonist struggles

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Antagonist

33
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A series of events that increases the tension of the conflict and builds from the initiating event to the climax

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Rising action

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Struggle that puts an individual against the machine a technological force

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Individual versus technology

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Struggle that puts an individual against a supernatural or paranormal force

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Individual versus supernatural

36
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Section of the story near the beginning that introduces characters, setting, and background

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Exposition

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The central message or concern in a literary work

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Theme

38
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Sequence of events after the turning point where the story begins to wind down, leading to the resolution

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Falling action

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Incident that triggers the main or central conflict in the story

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Initiating event

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The turning point of the main or central conflict; moment of highest tension

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Climax

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The sequence of events in a literary work; what happens in the story

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Plot

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Struggle that puts an individual against forces of nature

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Individual versus nature

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Struggle between a character and an outside force

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External conflict

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A struggle or problem that exists in the characters

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Individual versus self or internal

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Place, time, and duration of the story

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Setting

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A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

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Character

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Struggle or problem between two characters

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Individual versus individual

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The problem or struggle between opposing forces or characters

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Conflict

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Main character in a story

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Protagonist

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Struggle of an individual against a group

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Individual versus society

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Add it to the author has towards the subject or character

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Tone

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The emotional feeling the author creates in the reader

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Mood

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Writing that is produced by the imagination and not necessarily based on fact

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Fiction

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A type or category of literature

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Genre

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A spoken or written account of a connected events. A narrator tells this

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Narrative

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A fully develop character with many traits

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Round character

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A one-sided or stereo typical character

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Flat character

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A character who does not change, the character remains the same

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Static character

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A character who changes or develops over time

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Dynamic character

60
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First person – I
Second person – you
Third person – Limited – omniscient

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Point of view

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