Unit One BIG QUESTION

CanTRUTH

CHANGE?

BIG Question Vocabulary

1.assumption

2.circumstance

3.context4.convince

5.credible6.perspec

tive 7.speculat

e 8.verify

ACADEMIC VOCAB

beliefmanipulatetruthdistort

BIG Question Vocabulary

perceive evidenceskeptics

• Narrates (tells a story)• Entertains

Purpose

• Made-up events• Made-up characters• Made-up settings

Subjects

• A character may tell the story

Narrator/Speaker

Fiction

• Explains• Informs• Persuades• Describes• Entertains

Purpose

• ideas• Fact-based events• Real people• Real places

Subjects

• Author is always the speaker

Narrator/Speaker

Nonfiction

• Narrates (tells a story)

• Entertains

Purpose

• Made-up events• Made-up

characters• Made-up settings

Subjects

• A character may tell the story

Narrator/Speaker

Fiction

• Explains• Informs• Persuades• Describes• Entertains

Purpose

• ideas• Fact-based events• Real people• Real places

Subjects

• Author is always the speaker

Narrator/Speaker

May explain, inform,

persuade, or describe

May tell a story

May be based on real events,

people, and places

May include made-up examples

FICTION NONFICTION

Fiction

Short Story Novel Novella

Nonfiction

Autobiography/Biography Essay Journalism/News Speech Report

Theme is…

underlying meaning of the story, a universal truth, a significant statement the story is making about society, human nature, or the human condition.

Themes can be found everywhere: literature, stories, art, movies etc…

The theme of a fable is its moral. The theme of a parable is its teaching. The theme of a piece of literature is its view about life and how people behave.

What is Theme?

The theme of a literary work is its underlying central idea or the generalization it communicates about life.

Theme = idea

At times the author's theme may not confirm or agree with your own beliefs.

Be aware that the theme never completely explains the story.

It is simply one of the elements that make up the whole.

Some short stories have secondary

themes as well.

Nonfiction: Main Idea

The central message, insight, or opinion in a work of nonfiction.

The supporting details are the pieces of evidence a writer uses to prove his or her point.

Reread to help you identify the main idea and supporting details in a work. As you read, follow these steps:• Note key details to decide what the main idea might be.

• If a detail does not seem to support that main idea, reread the passage to be sure that you have not misinterpreted it.

• If necessary, revise your assumptions about the main idea.

Main

Idea

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

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Detail

Detail Detail

DetailDetail

Main Idea

Cluster Diagram

Record details and main ideas on a cluster diagram like this one.