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Details Title: Chapter 1 and 2 Description: Holt Text 7th grade Total Flash Cards: 22 Created: 11/15/2005 21:22:31	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term plot Definition series of events in a story; the basic situation Term conflict Definition struggle between opposing forces in a story Term external conflict Definition struggle between another person, group of people, or nature Term internal conflict Definition struggle that takes place in a character's mind Term foreshadowing Definition to hint at future events Term complications Definition series of events that make it difficult for the main character to get what he/she wants Term climax Definition the story's most emotional or suspenseful moment Term resolution Definition the last part of the story where the loose ends are tied up Term prediction Definition make a guess about what will happen next in a story with or without any evidence Term chronological order Definition tell the events in the order that they occurred Term infer Definition verb- to make an educated guess based on evidence Term main idea Definition the central or most important point in the text Term inference Definition what you get when you use the author's clues and evidence to make an educated guess Term informational materials Definition text with the purpose of providing instruction or information Term direct characterization Definition author describes the character directly Term indirect characterization Definition the author tells us what the character says and does, and tells us how others respond to that character Term character trait Definition a quality in a person that can't be seen Term motivation Definition what makes a person act one way and not another Term compare and contrast Definition deciding how two things are the same and how they are different Term narrator Definition person telling the story Term omniscient narrator Definition an "all-knowing" person telling the story that knows every characters thoughts Term first person narrator Definition person telling the story that is one of the characters in the story and uses I, me, and my