Vocabulary Flashcards

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character

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a person, being, or animal in a story

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plot

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the sequence of events in a story

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conflict

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a problem or struggle between opposing forces

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theme

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the central idea or message of a text

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rising action

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The part of the story where things start to get exciting

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resolution

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The end of the story where the problems get solved

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figurative language

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Words that mean something different than their normal meaning.

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stanza

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A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.

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rhyme scheme

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A pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem.

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speaker

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the voice talking in a poem or story