Terms 1
Clues in text that help the reader determine the meaning of the word
Context Clues
The problem of the story
Conflict
The perspective from which the story is told
Point of view
A comparison of two things without using like or as
Metaphor
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
simile
Literary work that is not real. It is usually made up.
Fiction
A conversation between 2 people
Dialogue
The solution to a problem or final outcome of a story
Resolution
Parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of context)
Text features
The story of a person's life written by that person
Autobiography
Speaker or the person who is telling the story
Narrator
The sequence of events in a story
Plot
Giving human qualities to a non-human things
Personification
A word part that can be added to the end of a word to make a new word
Suffix
The central idea or message of the story
Theme
The turning point of a story
Climax
When and where the story takes place
Setting
An exageration
Hyperbole
The "paragraph" in a poem
Stanza
1st person point of view
What a piece of writing is mainly about
Main Idea
The reason a story is written- to persuade, inform, entertain,or explain
Author's Purpose
Words that represents sounds
Onomatopoeia
A story written to be performed by actors; a play
Drama
Writing that is factual, true not made up
Nonfiction