Unit 6: Lesson 4

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  1. folktale
    a traditional story or legend circulated by word of mouth
  2. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  3. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  4. external
    happening or arising outside some limits or surface
  5. internal
    happening or arising within some limits or surface
  6. exposition
    an account that sets forth the intent of a story
  7. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
  8. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
  9. falling action
    series of plot events following the climax of a narrative
  10. resolution
    something settled
  11. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  12. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  13. first person
    narration from the point of view of the speaker or narrator
  14. third person
    narration from the point of view of those being described
  15. limit
    place restrictions on
  16. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  17. quotation mark
    a punctuation mark showing that words were said or written by someone else
  18. base
    the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  19. root
    the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  20. affix
    a linguistic element added to a word
  21. prefix
    an affix that is added in front of the word
  22. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
  23. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  24. infer
    solve by guessing
  25. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  26. modifier
    a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
  27. adjective
    the word class that qualifies nouns
  28. adverb
    a word that modifies something other than a noun
  29. clause
    an expression including a subject and predicate
  30. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  31. seamstress
    someone who makes or mends clothes
  32. courtyard
    an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
  33. convince
    make realize the truth or validity of something
  34. commit
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  35. sincere
    open and genuine; not deceitful
  36. polite
    showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
  37. amazement
    the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
  38. enchanting
    capturing interest as if by a spell
  39. deceptive
    deliberately designed to mislead
  40. regal
    belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
  41. elegant
    refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior, or style
Created on Mon Sep 14 16:35:09 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jun 21 09:36:29 EDT 2021)

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