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Unit One BIG QUESTION
CanTRUTH
CHANGE?
BIG Question Vocabulary
1.assumption
2.circumstance
3.context4.convince
5.credible6.perspec
tive 7.speculat
e 8.verify
ACADEMIC VOCAB
beliefmanipulatetruthdistort
BIG Question Vocabulary
perceive evidenceskeptics
• Narrates (tells a story)• Entertains
Purpose
• Made-up events• Made-up characters• Made-up settings
Subjects
• A character may tell the story
Narrator/Speaker
Fiction
• Explains• Informs• Persuades• Describes• Entertains
Purpose
• ideas• Fact-based events• Real people• Real places
Subjects
• Author is always the speaker
Narrator/Speaker
Nonfiction
• Narrates (tells a story)
• Entertains
Purpose
• Made-up events• Made-up
characters• Made-up settings
Subjects
• A character may tell the story
Narrator/Speaker
Fiction
• Explains• Informs• Persuades• Describes• Entertains
Purpose
• ideas• Fact-based events• Real people• Real places
Subjects
• Author is always the speaker
Narrator/Speaker
May explain, inform,
persuade, or describe
May tell a story
May be based on real events,
people, and places
May include made-up examples
FICTION NONFICTION
Fiction
Short Story Novel Novella
Nonfiction
Autobiography/Biography Essay Journalism/News Speech Report
Theme is…
underlying meaning of the story, a universal truth, a significant statement the story is making about society, human nature, or the human condition.
Themes can be found everywhere: literature, stories, art, movies etc…
The theme of a fable is its moral. The theme of a parable is its teaching. The theme of a piece of literature is its view about life and how people behave.
What is Theme?
The theme of a literary work is its underlying central idea or the generalization it communicates about life.
Theme = idea
At times the author's theme may not confirm or agree with your own beliefs.
Be aware that the theme never completely explains the story.
It is simply one of the elements that make up the whole.
Some short stories have secondary
themes as well.
Nonfiction: Main Idea
The central message, insight, or opinion in a work of nonfiction.
The supporting details are the pieces of evidence a writer uses to prove his or her point.
Reread to help you identify the main idea and supporting details in a work. As you read, follow these steps:• Note key details to decide what the main idea might be.
• If a detail does not seem to support that main idea, reread the passage to be sure that you have not misinterpreted it.
• If necessary, revise your assumptions about the main idea.
Main
Idea
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
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Detail
Detail Detail
DetailDetail
Main Idea
Cluster Diagram
Record details and main ideas on a cluster diagram like this one.