3B Vocab

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the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

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audience

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intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work; author’s craft may vary by genre

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author’s craft

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the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

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author’s purpose

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A person or thing who plays a role in a book, play, or movie.

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character

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the highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak

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climax

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in literature, the opposition of persons or forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot of a story. Conflict may be internal, as a psychological conflict within a character, or external.

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conflict

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the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

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context

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a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

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editing

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the element of plot structure that provides important details in the beginning of the story to introduce the setting, characters, background information, and details or hints about the conflict(s)

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exposition

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the element of plot structure that takes place after the climax and begins to resolve the conflict(s) of the story before the resolution

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falling action