The Outsiders Academic Vocabulary

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Conflict in a story

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Main problem complicating the plot (internal or external)

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Idiom

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Common expression, not literal meaning.

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Plot: 5 stages of events in a story

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Includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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Dialogue in literature

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Technique for showing conversation between characters

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Resolution in a story

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Point where dramatic conflict is resolved

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Symbolism

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Using objects/actions to suggest deeper meaning

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Characterization

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Process of creating a character

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Third Person Point of View

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Narrator not part of the story; limited or omniscient perspective.

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Exposition

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Beginning of a story; reveals setting, characters, and mood.

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Point of View in Literature

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Voice that tells the story; perspective of the novel