vocabulary
The main idea of a paragraph, story, or other text
Central idea
The point in the story with the most tension, right before the problem is resolved.
climax
LOONY GOONY is an _________.
Energy drink
Tue or False: The Narrator is killed by the old man.
False.
My swimsuit started to ______ me after wearing it all day.
chafe
If something _________, you are able to pull it back towards yourself. Example: a measuring tape
Retract
The beginning of the story, where the setting, characters, and problem are introduced.
exposition
The Brave Little Toaster is a ________ story.
Sci-fi, science fiction
True or False: The old man goes on vacation
False
You should always _______ a claim with evidence.
Justify
To think of something is to ________ of it.
conceive
Point in the story before the climax where the characters try (and fail) to solve the problem
Rising action
The Brave Little Toaster was brave because it wasn't ______.
smart
The Narrator killed the old man because of ______
his 'vulture eye'
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables used in poems like sonnets.
Iambic pentameter
A poem with 14 lines that looks like a square and is written in iambic pentameter
Sonnet
Very end of the story where the problem is solved
Resolution
True or False: LOONY GOONY was difficult to get rid of.
True
The Narrator couldn't kill the old man for 7 nights because _______
The old man's eyes weren't open.
To make something stronger
intensify
When you make a claim in an essay, you need _______ to support it.
evidence
Point of the story after the climax where the characters find the solution to the problem and use the solution and/ or reflect on what they've done.
Falling action
The problem in the story is caused by _________.
LOONY GOONY
When was the story set?
the 1800s/ the past
If something grows strong or well, it grows ______
robustly