TERMS TO KNOW

FICTION

A text that is not real.

POINT OF VIEW

Who is telling the story.

1st Person – Character is speaking.

Able to know thoughts and feelings

more.

3rd Person – Narrator is speaking.• Omniscient – Narrator is all

knowing• Limited – Narrator knows one

character’s thoughts.

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

Why the author wrote something.

Three types:• To inform • To persuade• To entertain

SUMMARY

A short explanation of a text.

Includes a beginning, middle, and

end.

PLOT

The events in the story.

Similar to a summary.

Rising action, climax, falling action,

resolution.

SETTING

Where a story takes place

MOOD

How the author wants you to feel.

They will use words and phrases to

create a feeling in the characters and

the reader.

THEME

Moral or lesson of the story.

CHARACTER

A person or thing that a story takes

place around.

These people help move the story

along based off their decisions and

thoughts.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

A person telling stories and events

from their own life.

FICTIONAL ADAPTATION

A text that is based on a true story.

Characters and events may be

changed from the true facts.

PERSUASIVE

Trying to convince someone of

something

RHETORICAL FALLACIES

Arguments that lack reasoning.

Types:• Ad Hominem• Categorical Claims• Exaggeration• Stereotyping

CENTRAL ARGUMENT

Clear statement of the problem and solution.

Can be shown in different ways.• Cause and Effect• Analogy• Authority

NONFICTION

Text that is real.

MYTH

A story that normally includes gods, goddess, and

creatures.

Normally tells how something came to be.

EPIC TALE

A long poem or story

Includes a hero going on a quest.

HERO

The main character in a myth or

legend

Is able to do many things that are

extraordinary

QUEST

A journey that a hero is sent on.

CONFLICT

Problem of the story.

RISING ACTION

The events that build the conflict and

lead up to the turning point.

CLIMAX

The conflict’s turning point of the

story.

The big excitement!

FALLING ACTION

The events that happen after the

climax.

Starts to wrap the story up.

RESOLUTION

The solution or ending of the story

CONNECTIONS

Comparing and contrasting two

things.

Relating two things together.