OST 6th voabulary

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Mood

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The atmosphere that a writer creates: sadness, happiness, excitement, suspense, etc. It is what the reader feels when reading the story.

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Theme

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The life lesson or message the author wants you to learn from reading the text.

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Conflict

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The struggle between opposing forces that brings about the action within the story.

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Setting

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The time and place of a literary work.

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Bias/Viewpoint

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A personal judgement, opinion, conclusion, point of view, perspective, belief, position, and/or stance.

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Point-of-View

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Who is telling the story? 1st, 2nd, 3rd person.

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1st person point of view

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The narrator is a character in the story. (I, me, my, we, our).

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2nd person point of view

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When the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as 'You'.

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3rd person point of view

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Narrator is NOT involved in the story, events are told by someone outside the story; uses 'he,' 'she,' 'they'.

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Author's Purpose

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An author writes to inform, persuade, give an opinion, and/or entertain. Remember P.I.E.