Vocabulary
"Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period of European history from about 500 CE to 1500 CE. (CE = common/current era)"
Medieval
Another term to describe the medieval period.
the middle ages
This is the type of writing we have been working on this entire unit.
Narrative
When a reader changes their voice to show emotion or meaning.
Expression
"a system in which people or things are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status"
Hierarchy
This social class is usually at the bottom of the hierarchy.
peasants
The problem or struggle that drives the events of a story.
Conflict
Reading words correctly without making mistakes.
Accuracy
"the position or rank of someone or something when compared to others in a society, organization, group, etc."
Status
These 2 religions did not get along during medieval times.
Jews and Christians
The turning point or most intense moment in a narrative.
Climax
The punctuation mark tells a reader to pause between items in a sentence.
Comma
"The perspective from which a story is told"
Point of view
These are the people who preside over a manor.
Lords
The ways that a writer makes a character seem like a real person.
Characterization
The reading skill that involves grouping words into meaningful phrases instead of reading word by word.
Phrasing
"the way a character thinks about or understands something"
perspective
True/false - The higher you were in status, the less land you owned.
false
These are the 5 narrative elements.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
The ability to read smoothly with accuracy, speed, and expression?
Fluency