Vocabulary
Narrator
the person who is telling the story; the speaker
Personifiction
giving human qualities to non-human things (Example: the wind whistled)
Persuasive text
Used to convince or persuade the reader of the writer's point of view
Dialogue
a conversation between two people
Expository text
This type of text informs or instructs the reader. It is nonfiction.
chronological order
chronological order
In the time order in which events happened (sequence or time order)
Hyperbole
Sometimes authors overstate the facts leading to a false sense of importance. (We will all be doomed if we don't take a stand now!) (This is a one-time offer. You can't get this price after today.) Key words: always, never, everyone
What are sensory details
What are sensory details
What is historical fiction
fiction that involves an event in history. Contains historical facts, events, or people, but
is not true.
prefix
a word part that can be added at the beginning of a word to make a new word (Examples: pre-, post-, co-, inter-)