vocab

1: assuage,

to ease to mitigate to make less painful or burdensome to calm

2:condescending,

show feelings of superiority

3:dictum,

an authoritative statement decree

4:,domicile:

home or residence abode

5: elucidate,

to make clear to explain

6:foray:

a attack or raid

7:impotent,

powerless

8:impudent:

to be shameless bold and disregard others, rude disrespectful

9:predilection:

a preference, or a preferred way of doing something

10: taciturn,

almost always silent

Rising Action

the second part of a plot diagram where events begin and build suspense and create conflict

Exposition-

he beginning of the plot where the author introduces the reader to characters, setting, narrator, and point of view

Climax

he third part of a plot diagram; the turning point of the story

Falling Action-

the fourth part of a plot diagram with no new events or plot points; after the crisis and before the resolution

Resolution/Denouement-

the fifth part of a plot diagram where conflict is resolved and the story concludes