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1Climax
- Element of a story
- The most intense, exciting, or important point of something
- Highest point on the plot map
- All the above
2Cite Textual Evidence
- Read information from a text
- Prove where it takes place
- quote an example or proof of what you are saying; evidence
- Tell a story
3Theme
- The issue or topic being discussed in a text.
- The plot, climax and conflict.
- The mood or tone
- The order of events
4Figurative Language
- A type of language
- only metaphor, simile,and personification
- a symbolic language
- uses figures of speech to be more effective and impactful
5Setting
- When the story takes place
- How the story takes place
- Where the story takes place
- Where and when the story
6Connotation
- A part of the predicate.
- different meaning than the actual definition.
- Same meaning as definition.
- Similar to figurative language
7Central Idea
- What the story is talking the most about
- the idea
- the mane idea
- What the story is talking the least about
8Elements of a story
- Plot, conflict and climax
- theme, setting, atmosphere
- Rising action, Falling action, resolution
- All of the above