3. Plot (n)Plot (n)  Plot (noun) – “what happens” in a story; all the events in a story  I loved the twist in the plot of the story “The Monkey’s Paw”. It was so unexpected!

5. Climax (n)Climax (n)  the most intense part of a story  For the climax of the movie, I was literally sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to see who would be revealed as the killer.

7. Resolution (n)Resolution (n)  the ending and solution to a story  At the resolution of the story, the characters apologized and started to hang out once more.

9. Conflict (n)Conflict (n)  the main problem in a story  The United States was about to enter into a conflict with Syria when Syria began to abuse their citizens.

10. SETTING

11. Setting (n)Setting (n)  when and where a story takes place  He wanted to propose to his girlfriend in the best setting: a park at sunset.

12. SUSPENSE

13. Suspense (n)Suspense (n)  a feeling of uncertainty; not knowing “how it will end”  As the storm raged outside and began to tear pieces of the house apart, the family sat in suspense waiting to see what would become of them.

15. Exposition (n)Exposition (n)  the main characters and setting of a story (beginning)  The exposition of the story gave me the background I needed to understand what the story was about.

17. Fumigate (v)Fumigate (v)  to treat with chemicals or fumes  Because of the fleas from my cat that seemed to take over the house, I had to fumigate everything in order to live there without being bitten.

19. Sabotage (v)Sabotage (v)  to destroy or damage intentionally (on purpose)  Knowing Maria, I am sure it was her who tried to sabotage my date with the guy she used to like.

21. Sentinel (n)Sentinel (n)  a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching  I asked my brother to act as a sentinel while I left my wallet in the car to pick up something outside.