Vocabulary 1
to change or influence someone or something.
What is affect?
The way a story is arranged from beginning to end.
He is a liar who tricks others and wants to become a politician.
Who is Mr. Sanchez?
To give something to a group in order to achieve something together.
What is contribute?
Everyone in the story speaks these two languages.
What are English and Spanish?
This word describes someone who takes care of important things and other people.
What is responsible?
The part in the story where we are told who the main characters are and what setting they live in.
What is exposition?
She is polite and kind but doesn't always tell the truth.
Who is Mrs. Sanchez?
To show rudeness or a lack of care to someone.
What is disrespect?
To slam the basketball into the hoop.
What is dunk? OR What is a slam dunk?
A serious problem between two or more people.
What is conflict?
The main problem in the story for our characters.
What is conflict?
He is tired of being disappointed by others and chooses to never be tricked again.
Who is Rey?
The reason you do things.
What is motivation?
This person was an English Teacher, became a writer, and is now an English Professor.
Who is Rene Saldana Jr.?
Special treatment that can be taken away by someone with more power than you.
What is privilege?
The part of the story where the characters try to finally solve the conflict. The most dramatic part.
What is climax?
He is rude, quick to anger, and shows off his strength.
Who is Hernando?
A group of people that share a similar culture because they were born during a space of 25 years.
What is generation?
The only person in the story that's in summer school and needs to get picked up by Rey.
Who is Rey's little brother?
The four methods the author uses to show you what a character is like (list all four).
What are describing words, dialogue, actions, and reactions?
Events in the story that make the conflict harder to solve.
What are complications?
He is small and slow. Not very good at basketball.
Who is Marty? OR Who is Orlie's little brother?
The five parts that almost all stories have (list all five).
What is exposition, conflict, complications, climax, and resolution?
This person never speaks in the story, but has a big impact on how it ends.
Who is Rey's father/dad?