Vocab Plot

Question 0

Complication

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“RISING ACTION” Events that establish a conflict (man v. man/himself/society/nature)

Question 1

Basic Situation

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“EXPOSITION” The background of setting, situation, and characters
PLACE:WHEN:CHARACTERS

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Climax

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The most dramatic part of the story where’ the main conflict is resolved’

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Resolution

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Final part of the plot when the remaining conflicts or problems are resolved

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First Person

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When one of the characters, referred to as “I”, tells the story

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Point of View

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Relationship of the storyteller, or narrator, to the story. The perspective from which a story is told

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Limited Third Person

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When the narrator reveals the thoughts of only one of character but refers to the character as “he” or “she”

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Omniscient Third Person

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And all-knowing narrator who tells the thoughts of all the characters and things that no one character could know

Question 8

Satire

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The type of writing that ridicules the weakness of either people in general or a specific group (The Simpsons television show ridicules many groups, such as parents and teachers)

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Symbol

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A person, place or thing that represents himself and something else

Question 10

Theme

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Main idea that the writer of a literary work communicates to the reader