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Terms to Know. Fiction. A text that is not real. Point of view. Who is telling the story. 1 st Person – Character is speaking. Able to know thoughts and feelings more. 3 rd Person – Narrator is speaking. Omniscient – Narrator is all knowing - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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TERMS TO KNOW
FICTION
A text that is not real.
POINT OF VIEW
Who is telling the story.
1st Person – Character is speaking.
Able to know thoughts and feelings
more.
3rd Person – Narrator is speaking.• Omniscient – Narrator is all
knowing• Limited – Narrator knows one
character’s thoughts.
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Why the author wrote something.
Three types:• To inform • To persuade• To entertain
SUMMARY
A short explanation of a text.
Includes a beginning, middle, and
end.
PLOT
The events in the story.
Similar to a summary.
Rising action, climax, falling action,
resolution.
SETTING
Where a story takes place
MOOD
How the author wants you to feel.
They will use words and phrases to
create a feeling in the characters and
the reader.
THEME
Moral or lesson of the story.
CHARACTER
A person or thing that a story takes
place around.
These people help move the story
along based off their decisions and
thoughts.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
A person telling stories and events
from their own life.
FICTIONAL ADAPTATION
A text that is based on a true story.
Characters and events may be
changed from the true facts.
PERSUASIVE
Trying to convince someone of
something
RHETORICAL FALLACIES
Arguments that lack reasoning.
Types:• Ad Hominem• Categorical Claims• Exaggeration• Stereotyping
CENTRAL ARGUMENT
Clear statement of the problem and solution.
Can be shown in different ways.• Cause and Effect• Analogy• Authority
NONFICTION
Text that is real.
MYTH
A story that normally includes gods, goddess, and
creatures.
Normally tells how something came to be.
EPIC TALE
A long poem or story
Includes a hero going on a quest.
HERO
The main character in a myth or
legend
Is able to do many things that are
extraordinary
QUEST
A journey that a hero is sent on.
CONFLICT
Problem of the story.
RISING ACTION
The events that build the conflict and
lead up to the turning point.
CLIMAX
The conflict’s turning point of the
story.
The big excitement!
FALLING ACTION
The events that happen after the
climax.
Starts to wrap the story up.
RESOLUTION
The solution or ending of the story
CONNECTIONS
Comparing and contrasting two
things.
Relating two things together.