Point of View
This point of view puts the narrator in the story.
1st Person
This genre consists of made up characters, but situations that could happen in real life.
Realistic Fiction
Her animosity, or hatred, of her sister had divided the family.
What is the meaning of animosity?
hatred
Davy Crocket was in the woods learning to dance to impress who?
Sally Sugar Tree
A vocab word that is a synonym for confused.
Perplexed
This point of view has a narrator that is not in the story.
3rd Person
A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up.
Historical Fiction
Emma had a lot of anxiety about the exam but I had no worries about it.
What is the meaning of anxiety?
worry
Who put an ad in the paper searching for Davy Crocket?
The President
amazed
What point of view is the excerpt from?
Tom's most well now, and got his bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch, and is always seeing what time it is, and so there ain't nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I'd a knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't a tackled it, and ain't a-going to no more. But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.
1st Person
This genre features a hero, frequent hyperboles, and events that are unrealistic.
Tall Tale
It was an idyllic day; sunny, warm and perfect for a walk in the park.
What is the meaning of idyllic?
perfect
The author gave the comet human like qualities. This literary device is known as ____________.
Personification
If something is not visible, it is ______________.
What point of view is this excerpt using?
Something very painful was going on in Harry's mind. As Hagrid's story came to a close, he saw again the blinding flash of green light, more clearly than he had ever remembered it before -- and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a high, cold, cruel laugh.
Hagrid was watching him sadly.
3rd Person
This type of text features facts and information, diagrams, photographs, captions and sidebars.
Expository Text
Marty is gregarious, not like his brother who is quiet and shy.
What is the meaning of the word gregarious?
talkative, outgoing
T/F
Davy wore a coonskin hat at the end of the story. He wore this because the comet singed his hair and he had no hair left.
False
An antonym for precise would be ______
inaccurate
This point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows ALL the thoughts and feelings of ALL of the characters in the story.
It is 3rd Person __________
Omniscient
Hyperboles are often found in Tall Tales. What are hyperboles?
Exaggerations
The woman abhorred cleaning house, but she loved a spotless home.
What is the meaning of abhorred?
disliked
What did the president want Davy Crockett to do?
Pull the tail off the comet
She was _____ of his actions. That is, she felt like something was not right about them.
suspicious