| Term | Definition |
|---|
| plot | the series of events in a story |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| foreshadows | when a writer gives hints that suggest future events in a story |
| infrences | a logical guess that is made based on facts and ones own knoledge and experience |
| chronological order | arrangment of events by thier order of occurence |
| author's purpose | a writer usually writes for one or more of these purposes:to express thoughts of feelings, to inform or explain, to pursade, ro to entertain |
| exposition | the beggining of the story;setting and characters are introduced |
| resolution | the part of the story that reveals how everything turns out |
| climax | the most exciting part of the story |
| rising action | the part of the plot when the conflict becomes more difficult |
| falling action | the part of the plot in which the tension eases |
| narrative hook | the part of the story that catches the reader's attention |
Combine with other sets
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