English 10 credit recovery online vocab list 1

autobiographical

A story that in author write about himself or herself

climax

The most suspenseful and exciting part of a situation that starts to tell the reader how the problem (conflict) will be solved

comparison

finding things that are the same between two things

conflict

problem

contrast

things that are different between two things

exposition

The beginning part of a story that tells about the character, settings, and conflict

falling action

The ending of a story that tells the audience what will happen once the problem is solved and the characters move on with their lives

literature

writing that is meant to inform persuade or entertain

obvious

easy to understand

poverty

to be very poor

rising action

all the events in the story that describe the conflict (or problem) and help the reader want to keep reading or watching

segregation

to separate people based on skin color

turmoil

confusion