Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Flashcards


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Drama vocabulary and plot, theme, and character development
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antagonism

hostility; unfriendliness

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converging

to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together

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contorted

to twist in a violent manner

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assent

an act of agreeing to something especially after thoughtful consideration

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defiant

resist, or fight

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incriminate

to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault

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optimistic

feeling or showing hope for the future

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revolution

a sudden, radical, or complete change

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scapegoat

one that bears the blame for others

one that is the object of irrational hostility

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plot

the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.

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Climax

the most intense moment within a story, marking a turning point for the protagonist as they confront the main conflict.

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Resolution

the conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters.

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Theme

central idea that is explored and expressed implicitly throughout a text.

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inciting incident

an event that occurs, in relation to your protagonist, near to the beginning of your story, which sets that story moving in a different direction