Provide a definition of the term your teacher gives you.
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This is a one word explanation of what a story is about.
What is a topic
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A story's _____________ is its sequence of events.
What is plot
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The main character in a story
What is a protagonist
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You should never throw glass around a baby! Don't be [asinine].
What is foolish or unintelligent.
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Provide a synonym of the word your teacher gives you
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An example of this is: what goes around comes around"
What is a theme
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This is the beginning of the story where we learn the setting and the major characters.
What is the exposition
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This is the way the audience feels when reading a stpry
What is the mood
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She showed incredibly [resilience] when she didn't give up, studied hard, and took the test for a third time and passed.
What is the ability to recover and bounce back
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Create a sentence, complete with context clues, that correctly uses a vocabulary word provided by your teacher
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This is an interwoven idea that holds a text together and is the main point of a story.
What is a theme
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The plot thickens
What is the rising action
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This is the main force acting against the protagonist
What is the antagonist
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This is the most [circuitous] route I have ever taken, we've passed this street three times now!
What is characterized by going around in circles
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Provide an antonym of a word provided by your teacher.
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This is the major difference between a theme and a moral
A moral is a specific action you should take that reflects upon the theme of the story, which answers why you might need to do that. Example: Treat others the way you want to be treated (moral) because What goes around comes around (Theme).
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The point of greatest tension
What is the climax
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These are the four main conflicts you may encounter in a story
What is man vs man, man vs society, man vs nature, and man vs himself.
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You should be trying to [ameliorate] the situation between the two friends instead of trying to make the argument worse.
What is lessen or relieve. To make better
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Draw an original symbol that correctly depicts a vocabulary term provided by your teacher. Be prepared to explain.
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Identify which is which (moral/theme/topic). Colonial Rule in Nigeria; Dominant nations often try to exploit the resources of countries they have conquered; You should be tolerant of different cultures
What is Colonial Rule in Nigeria (topic); Dominant nations often try to exploit the resources of countries they have conquered(theme); You should be tolerant of different cultures (moral)
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These are the steps of Freytag's pyramid in the proper order.
What are: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution (or denouement).
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These are the three things an author may be trying to do, and words to use when identifying an author's overall purpose
What is Persuade, Inform, Entertain. (Remember, identifying author's purpose is as easy as P.I.E!)
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You shouldn't [desecrate] the grave of someone as important and noble as Martin Luther King Jr.