UNIT 20 VOCABULARY

There are ten this week! Don’t get too excited!

#1 SUPPORTING DETAILS small pieces of information that tell

more about the main idea

#2 GENERALIZATION A conclusion you draw about a whole

group of people or things

#3 RESOLUTION Where any loose ends of the story are

tied up. Occurs after the falling action of the story.

Denouement

#4 PREDICT Using what you already know and

have discovered to make a logical statement about what may happen in the story

#5 POINT OF VIEW 1st person - narrator is a character in

the story 3rd person - narrator is outside of the

story; not a character

#6 FLASHBACK A scene that happens before the

beginning of the story Flashbacks interrupt chronological

flow Help readers understand the story

#7 FORESHADOW a hint(s) about an event that will

occur later in the story

#8 SEQUENCE The order in which things happen or

characters perform actions Also called chronological order

#9 FACT A statement that can be proven true

or false by reading, observing, asking an expert, or checking it in some way

#10 OPINION A statement of opinions tells

someone’s belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something.

It cannot be proven true or false