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HMS ELA 7 ComLit Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary

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  • The struggle between two opposing forces in a story
    Conflict
  • The first paragraph in an essay introduces the essay topic and states the thesis
    Introductory Paragraph
  • Evidence that supports a claim
    Relevant Evidence
  • The speaker's attitude toward a topic; in nonfiction, this may be the author's attitude
    Tone
  • An opinion or idea supported by evidence throughout the body of an essay or paragraph; sometimes called the thesis
    Claim
  • How the conflict is solved in a story; the ending of a story
    Resolution
  • In a poem, a group of words arranged in a row
    Line
  • The narrator of a poem
    Speaker
  • The big answer to the prompt at an essay level; comprised of claims
    Thesis
  • In a poem, the end of one line and the start of the next
    Line Break
  • The events of a story
    Plot
  • The final paragraph in an essay that restates the thesis and summarizes the essay’s key ideas
    Concluding Paragraph
  • In a poem, a group of lines that are set off from other groups by a space
    Stanza
  • In a poem, the end of one stanza and the start of the next
    Stanza Break
  • A universal message that can apply to real life or other stories
    Theme
  • The time and place where a story takes place
    Setting
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