1. TERMS TO KNOW

2. FICTION  A text that is not real.

3. 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 Limited – Narrator knows one character’s thoughts.

4. AUTHOR’S PURPOSE  Why the author wrote something.  Three types: To persuade To inform To entertain

5. SUMMARY  A short explanation of a text.  Includes a beginning, middle, and end.

6. PLOT  The events in the story.  Similar to a summary.  Rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

7. SETTING  Where and when a story takes place

8. MOOD  How the author wants you to feel.  They will use words and phrases to create a feeling in the characters and the reader.

9. THEME  Moral or lesson of the story.

10. CHARACTER  A person or thing that a story takes place around.  These people help move the story along based off their decisions and thoughts.

11. AUTOBIOGRAPHY  A person telling stories and events from their own life.

12. FICTIONAL ADAPTATION  Fictional text that is based on a true story.  Characters and events may be changed from the true facts.

13. PERSUASIVE  Trying to convince someone of something

14. RHETORICAL FALLACIES  Arguments that lack reasoning.  Types: Ad Hominem Categorical Claims Exaggeration Stereotyping

15. CENTRAL ARGUMENT  Clear statement of the problem and solution.  Can be shown in different ways. Cause and Effect Analogy Authority

16. NONFICTION  Text that is real.

17. MYTH  A story that normally includes gods, goddess, and creatures.  Normally tells how something came to be.

18. EPIC TALE  A long poem or story  Includes a hero going on a quest.

19. HERO  The main character in a myth or legend  Is able to do many things that are extraordinary

20. QUEST  A journey that a hero is sent on.

21. CONFLICT  Problem of the story.

22. RISING ACTION  The events that build the conflict and lead up to the turning point.

23. CLIMAX  The conflict’s turning point of the story.  The big excitement!

24. FALLING ACTION  The events that happen after the climax.  Starts to wrap the story up.

25. RESOLUTION  The solution or ending of the story

26. CONNECTIONS  Comparing and contrasting two things.  Relating two things together.