Literary Terms

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What is fiction?

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Something that comes from the author's imagination (or untrue).

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Non-fiction

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writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

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Genre

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a specific type of music, film, or writing

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Text

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a passage of words that conveys meaning to the person reading it

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Annotate

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to make notes or comments on a text. 

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Author’s purpose

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The author's reason for or intent in writing

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Inference

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a conclusion you reach based on evidence or information, rather than what is directly stated

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1st person

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the character telling the story, so the reader sees the story through their eyes. (me, my, I, we, our, us)

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2nd person

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The narrator tells the story to another character using the word "you"

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3rd Person

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As told by someone outside of the story using the words like "he, she, or character names"