Fiction Vocabulary

Author

• The person who writes the fiction or nonfiction passage

• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 sense

• To determine or decide

• How the problem in the story is solved or fixed

Included

• View point of only one character

• The message or moral that the author is trying to teach you

• To contain

• The characters, conflict, and resolution of the story

Mood

• The characters, conflict, and resolution of the story

• The feelings the reader gets from reading

• The problem in the story

• Language that is not meant to be taken literally

Emphasize

• View point of only one character

• To determine or decide

• I, me, my...

• To highlight or draw attention to

Imagery

• The person who writes the fiction or nonfiction passage

• The message or moral that the author is trying to teach you

• Words or phrases that create a mental image

• View point of more than one character

Convey

• Shows

• To make an idea known

• The events in a story or what the characters do

• View point of more than one character

Figurative language

• The feelings the reader gets from reading

• To make an idea known

• Language that is not meant to be taken literally

• The characters, conflict, and resolution of the story

Sensory language

• How the problem in the story is solved or fixed

• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 sense

• View point of only one character

• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 sense

Supports

• Shows

• To help or assist

• To determine or decide

• To contain

summary

• The characters, conflict, and resolution of the story

• Explain or make something clear

• View point of more than one character

• Language that is not meant to be taken literally