Unit 5: Lessons 2–3

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  1. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  2. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  3. exposition
    an account that sets forth the intent of a story
  4. rising action
    a series of plot events that build up toward the climax
  5. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
  6. falling action
    series of plot events following the climax of a narrative
  7. resolution
    something settled
  8. linear
    involving a single dimension
  9. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
  10. simple sentence
    a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
  11. compound sentence
    a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
  12. complex sentence
    a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
  13. thesaurus
    a book containing a classified list of synonyms
  14. resentment
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  15. lament
    express grief verbally
  16. stealthily
    in a manner marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  17. linger
    take one's time; proceed slowly
  18. serene
    not agitated
  19. poised
    in full control of your faculties
  20. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  21. free verse
    poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
  22. repetition
    the continued use of the same word or word pattern
  23. rhythm
    alternation of stressed and unstressed elements in speech
  24. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  25. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  26. infer
    solve by guessing
Created on Mon Sep 14 16:21:53 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Mar 04 14:48:59 EST 2021)

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