Reading Fiction
When conflicts are resolved and the story concludes. A sense of closure.
What is the Resolution?
The broad subject of a text, usually only one or two words.
What is a Topic?
When a poet uses sounds, words, or whole lines more than once
What is Repetition?
When an author is trying to give you information and teach you facts
What is Inform?
In a story told from this point of view, the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns such as I, me, and we.
What is First-person Point of View?
The turning point of a story. The point of greatest interest. The most exciting part.
What is the Climax?
The central purpose of a passage
What is the Main/Central Idea?
Lines of a poem grouped together
What is a stanza?
When an author is trying to convince you to do something or try something.
What is Persuade?
In a story told from this point of view, the narrator is outside the story and uses pronouns such as he, she, and they.
What is Third-person Point of View?
When the story becomes more and more complicated as the conflict develops and suspense builds.
What is Rising Action?
These sentences explain and strengthen a main idea.
What are Supporting Details/Evidence?
Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touchW
What is Imagery?
When the author is trying to get you to enjoy the work by keeping the reader’s attention.
What is Entertain?
The meaning or moral of the story, the central underlying message
What is Theme?
Usually the beginning of the plot, this establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and gives the reader important background information.
What is Exposition?
An author's prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
What is Bias?
When an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities
What is Personification?
When an author is trying to express a personal experience to others
What is Share?
An emotion that a reader feels when reading a text.
What is Mood?
The series of events in a story. It usually centers around a central conflict.
What is Plot?
A debatable thesis that generates responses from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.
What is a Claim?
Words and phrases that present ordinary things in new and unusual ways, such as similes and metaphors
What is Figurative Language?
The purpose an author would have for writing a textbook
What is To Inform?
This shows a writer’s attitude toward his or her subject.
What is Tone?