STAAR Grade 8 Reading: Literature, List 1

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  1. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
  2. setting
    the context and environment in which something is situated
  3. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  4. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  5. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  6. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  7. subplot
    a subordinate or secondary story in a work of fiction
  8. linear
    progressing from one stage or idea to the next in sequential order
  9. nonlinear
    not arranged or expressed in a sequential or straightforward way
  10. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
  11. falling action
    series of plot events following the climax of a narrative
  12. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
  13. resolution
    the way the main complication of a literary work is settled
  14. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  15. first person
    narration from the point of view of the speaker or narrator
  16. third person
    narration from the point of view of those being described
  17. limited
    subject to restrictions or constraints
  18. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  19. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  20. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
Created on Fri Sep 24 14:11:03 EDT 2021 (updated Fri Sep 24 14:53:37 EDT 2021)

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