OAA Vocabulary!. Warm-Up 20, 2-29-12  Plot: The careful sequencing of events in a story generally built around a conflict. Stages of plot include background,

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OAA Vocabulary!

Warm-Up 20,  Plot: The careful sequencing of events in a story generally built around a conflict. Stages of plot include background, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement (resolution).  Point of View: The perspective or attitude of a narrator of a piece of literature.  Primary Source: Firsthand information, such as an eyewitness account.

Warm-Up 21,  Propaganda: The spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a purpose.  Resolution: The point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is resolved.  Secondary Source: A source that is reporting on or analyzing information from another source.

Warm-Up 22,  Setting: The time and place of the action of a literary work.  Simile: A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” (Ex: She’s as sly as a fox).  Static Character: A character who does not change during a story.

Warm-Up 23,  Subplot: The secondary action of a story that reinforces or contrasts with the main plot.  Synonym: One of two or more words in a language that have similar meanings (Ex: answer and response).  Testimonial: A propaganda technique based on quotations or endorsements from famous people.