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the "deep" reason
(underlying reason)
why someone does something |
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a character whose personality
or outlook on life changes
during the story |
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a character whose personality
or outlook on life
stays the same
throughout the whole story |
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2 broad categories of traits
that a character may have
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how a character looks
(body/outer characteristics) |
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how a character thinks or acts
(mental / inner characteristics) |
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a character who has
both good and bad traits |
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a character who
is either all good or all bad |
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What kinds of stories
usually have “flat characters?” |
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fairy tales and other
traditional stories |
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3 synonyms
for “characteristic” |
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trait, quality, attribute |
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where and when
a story is happening
(including time and place details) |
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the beginning part of a story
when background information
about setting and characters is given
(who, where, when) |
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How the events of a story make
the reader, watcher, or listener feel |
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The things that happen in a story |
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when readers use clues in a story
to hypothesize future events
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the main problem
or struggle in the story
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a specific event when the problem
has reached its worst point
and will soon be resolved
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all of the events in a story in order
("in sequence") |
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the underlying message of a story,
a truth or a lesson about life
(not a summary; not a main idea) |
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What is the term
for the very direct theme
given in a fable? |
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Stories can have many
serious, tense, or scary events.
How can you decide which one is the climax? |
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It’s the event that occurs
just before the problem
is settled (resolved). |
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Which story element is sometimes called
"the turning point?" |
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the part of the story when you learn:
the outcome of the main problem,
what happens to the characters, and
how “loose ends” get tied up
*not always happy
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What is "the main idea?"
(usually applied to
nonfiction instead of fiction) |
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what a piece of writing is mostly about
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So that a story's message or theme
may be applied to more people,
it shouldn't be too ______________. |
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Stories are divided into parts called...
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the beginning,
the middle, and
the end. |
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When is the exposition given? |
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What are two ways
the problem changes
in the middle of the story? |
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1) It gets worse, and
2) it reaches its climax. |
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Is the resolution in the beginning, middle, or end of a story? |
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Another name for the theme
or moral of the story is... |
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