Point of View - Who is telling the story (students should know the difference between first, second, and third person), Theme - Message or ‘big idea’ the author is trying to convey in the story, Plot - The events that make up a story: exposition, initiating event, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, Conflict - The problem in the story/what the character struggles with. Students should know that there are 2 main types of conflict: internal (individual vs. self) and external (individual vs. individual, technology, nature, fate, supernatural, and society), Exposition - The opening of a story; introduces characters, setting, and basic situations, Setting - Includes time, place, weather, and mood, Initiating Event - The first event in a story that triggers the conflict in the plot, Rising Actions - Problems, character struggles, or events that lead to the climax, Climax - The turning point in the story, Falling Action - Loose ends are tied up, leads toward the closure, Resolution - Problems are resolved, Subject - Who or what the sentence is about, Verb tense - 3 main types: past, present, and future. Students should be able to explain the difference between these 3, Linking Verb - A verb that connects the subject to the predicate (usually forms of ‘to be’). Examples: is, are, were, was, seems, appear, Action Verb - A verb that tells what the subject is doing (action), Static Character - A character that stays the same during the story, Dynamic Character - A character that changes during the story, Flashback - A scene that is set in a time earlier than the main story, Foreshadowing - A warning or clue about a future event, Realistic Fiction - A genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting,

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