ELA Review

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What does textual evidence help explain?

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Inferences.

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What is a series of main events that leads to the climax?

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Rising Action.

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What is a protagonist?

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The main character in the story.

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What is the theme of a story?

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The message about life that the author expresses.

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What is a main idea?

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A description of what the story is mostly about.

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What is the exposition in a story?

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The introduction of background information, setting, and characters.

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What is the climax of a story?

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The most intense, exciting, or important point of the story.

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What is falling action?

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The events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution.

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What is a conflict in literature?

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A struggle between opposing forces, which drives the plot.

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What is a setting in a story?

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The time and place in which the story occurs.