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Short Story
Part
two
Selecting Language resources
Learning Targets
• Develop language resources to use in one’s own speaking and writing about short stories.
• Use an expanded set of words to create precision while speaking and writing.
aCtiVitY 2.1
Word ConneCtionS
Roots and Affixes
The suffix -tion turns verbs, or action words, into nouns. For example, when the suffix is added to the verb emote, a new word is formed. Emote means “to express a feeling.” Emotion means “a strong feeling, such as love or fear.”
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Adjust language choices to suit the academic setting.
The chart presents words and phrases you will use in discussion and writing. Think about each word or phrase. Circle Q, H, or T to indicate how well you know it. Work with a partner, asking your partner to explain each word or phrase. Listen closely to the explanation, and then write your partner’s name and condensed idea in the In Our Own Words column.
Rating
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H
T
I have seen this word or phrase, but I have questions about its meaning.
I have heard this word or phrase, but do not know it well.
I know this word or phrase so well that I could teach it to someone else.
Word or Phrase
Definition
In Our Own Words
short story
Rating Q H T
a short work of fiction; plot structure includes rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
theme
Rating Q H T
the main subject or message being written about in a story
structure
Rating Q H T
the way in which a story is organized
plot
Rating Q H T
the series of events that make up a story
rising action
Rating Q H T
the main events that form the plot of a story; these events lead to the story’s climax
climax
Rating Q H T
the most exciting or important part of a story; the turning point
falling action
Rating Q H T
the events that lead to the ending of a story
resolution
Rating Q H T
the point at the end of the story when the theme is revealed
external conflict
Rating Q H T
a conflict in which the character struggles with an outside force, such as another person or something in nature
internal conflict
Rating Q H T
a conflict in which the character struggles with something inside himself or herself, such as the character’s desires or emotions
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