1. Top Nouns for the Common Core Part two

2. Interaction  A mutual or reciprocal action or influence

3. Metaphor  An indirect comparison  He was boiling mad. (implies he was too angry)  Your room is a pig pen! (implies that the room is a mess)

4. Mood  The way the author makes the reader feel.

5. Point of View  The vantage point from which a story is told.

6. Rhetoric  The art of writing or speaking effectively.

7. Simile  A direct comparison using like or as.

8. Stanza  A poetry term for paragraph; section of a poem.

9. Structure  The organization of a text.

10. Theme  The author’s message of a piece of literary work.  What does the author what you to learn about life?

11. Tone  an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience  Father: “We are going on a vacation.”  Son: “That’s great!!”  The tone of the son’s response is very cheerful.