Science Fiction Unit- Key Terms

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Theme

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A universal message that can apply to real life or other stories

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Science Fiction

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A genre of literature that includes the following conventions: scientific advancements, time travel, space travel and colonization, aliens, and fictional or future worlds.

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Social Commentary

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Expressing one's point of views or feelings towards society through literature

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Critique

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To evaluate the quality of something

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Central Idea

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The main point an author makes in a non-fiction text (or a section of a nonfiction text)

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Thesis

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A claim that a writer is defending in an essay

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Context

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Information that clarifies what is happening in a moment or situation

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Diction

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Careful selection of words to convey a particular message

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Speaker

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The narrator of the poem (not always the poet)

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Stanza

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In a poem, a group of lines that are set off from other lines by a space