ELA Vocab Beginning

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Events that make up a story are called the

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plot

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Background info in a story is called

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Exposition

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Struggle between opposing forces is called

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Conflict

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Time and place of a story:

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setting

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Unfolding or solution in a story is called the

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resolution

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Most exciting moment of a story; turning point.

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climax

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Conflicts that build a story toward a climax.

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rising action

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Part of a story after the climax and conflict resolution:

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falling action

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Literature from imagination, not fact-based, though may be true story:

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ficton

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Writing based on facts and real events is

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nonfiction