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Fiction
Non-Fiction
poetry
Drama
Vocabulary
100
the main character in a story
protagonist
100
who or what of the passage- the most important information about the who or what
main idea
100
a row of words ( just one line)
Line
100
the person who tells the story
narrator


100
words that describe
descriptive language
200
the attitude, or feeling, that the author has about the subject
tone
200
the information that supports the main idea
supporting details
200
a group of lines (a paragraph)
Stanza
200
the words that are spoken by the actors
dialogue
200
to tell, or say
convey, express, state
300
the central message or life lesson the author wants to get across
Theme
300
the author's reason for writing
author's purpose
300
the use of the same words or phrases over and over (helps the reader focus on the speaker's main point)
Repetition
300
long speech by one single character to other characters
monologue
300
to figure out from hints
conclude/infer
400
the feeling or emotion the reader gets when reading a passage
mood
400
the author's attitude towards the subject
Author's Viewpoint
400
Words that express more than their literal meaning (example: Simile)
Figurative Language
400
a long speech delivered by a character who is alone on stage( tells the private thoughts of the character)
Soliloquies
400
the one sentence that controls the entire writing.  The one sentence that tells the reader what they will be reading about.
Thesis Statement
500
a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond its literal meaning.
Sympblism
500
taking information from two or more areas of text and adding all this connected information together to come up with a conclusion
synthesize
500
a description that strongly appeals to the 5 senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)
Imagery
500
an introductory scene
prologue
500
to defend
support