Vocabulary 1
When and where a story takes place.
Setting
A narrator that knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character
Third person limited point of view
Words the characters say to one another
Dialogue
What is genre?
A category or type of literature
This genre is made up. It has characters, plot, setting, point of view, and conflict.
Fiction
The sequence of events in a story or play.
Plot
The universal message or lesson in a story or play.
Theme
People, animals, or objects in a story or play.
Characters
Name one of the four types of conflict.
Character vs. Character
Characters vs. Self
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
Text that is written to inform the reader about a real person's life. The person can be alive or deceased.
Biography
The objects used by actors in a play.
Props
A narrator who is telling the story revealing his/her thoughts and feelings.
First person point of view
Where the drama takes place and shows changes in the settings throughout a play
Scene
What is internal conflict?
Conflict that takes place within the mind of a character.
Text that is focused on expressing thoughts, feelings, and emotions through the use of stylistic elements.
Poetry
When the problem in a story or play has been solved.
Resolution
The reason why an author writes.
Author's purpose
The physical surroundings, visible to the audience, in which the action of the play takes place
Set
What is external conflict?
Conflict that takes place outside of the character. A problem with another person or force of nature.
Text that has a script and is to be performed.
Drama
Directions that tell the actors where to move on stage and how to say their lines.
Stage directions
A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of several characters.
Third person omniscient point of view
Who is telling the story. The perspective from which a story is told.
point of view
What strategy is used to summarize drama and fiction? Explain the strategy.
SWBST
Text written about a real person's life. The author is the person featured in the text.
Autobiography