the people/animals/creatures in a story
inverse operation of addition
What is subtraction?
an assumption based on the clues from the text
What is an inference?
the 4 inequality symbols
What are Greater Than, Less Than, Greater Than or Equal To, Less Than or Equal To?
the beginning of a story where the characters and setting are introduced
What is exposition?
the main character of a story (typically good)
What is a protagonist?
2 + x = 10
What is 8?
what the text is mostly about in a handful of words
What is the main idea?
22 + x < 45
What is x < 23?
the series of events that occur and build tension towards the climax
What is the rising action?
the character who opposes the protagonist
What is an antagonist?
x - 14 = -21
What is -7?
a life lesson learned from a character's actions in a story
What is theme?
x - 14 > 87
What is x > 101?
the turning point of the story the most intense moment that everything has been building toward
What is the climax?
a character who does not learn or change throughout the story
What is a static character?
14x = -84
why an author does something with the writing - the reason for it IPEE (inform, persuade, entertain, express)
What is author's purpose?
-5x > 25?
What is x < -5?
an event or two that take place after the climax
a main character who changes throughout the story
What is a dynamic character?
x/-11 = 231
the way that a character is portrayed in the story based on their actions, words, thoughts, and other characters' reactions
What is characterization?
the closed circle represents these inequalities
What are greater than or equal to and less than or equal to?
an event that thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story
What is inciting incident?