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Reading words
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Question | Answer |
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conflict | a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions. |
omniscient | the narrative perspective from which a literary work is presented to the reader from a "god like" perspective. from which to see actions and look into the minds of characters. |
climax | the turning point in the narrative, the moment when the conflict is at its most intense. |
theme | a topic of discussion or writing, a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of literary work. |
first person | the "first person" or "personal" point of view relates events as they are perceived by a single character. the main character tells the story and may offer opinions. |
setting | the time and place in which a story unfolds. |
plot | the structure of a story, the sequence in which an author arranges events in the story. the structure often includes rising action, falling action, climax and resolution. |
point of view | the way in which and author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling the story. THE VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH THE STORY IS TOLD. |
resolution | the portion of the story following the climax in which the story is resolved. |
limited view/ outside observer | in literature a speaker is speaking either in first person (from his or her own perspective) or third person (telling things form the perspective of and onlooker.) |