Fiction Vocabulary Terms

1st person PoV (Point of View)

• This point of view is that of an outsider looking at the action using words like he, she, they, etc.

• the narrator is outside of the story

• the narrator is in the story using I, me, my, mine, we, us

• the perspective from which a story is told

3rd person PoV (Point of View)

• the narrator is outside of the story. This point of view is that of an outsider looking at the action using words like he, she, they, etc.

• a comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as

• the perspective from which a story is told

• the narrator is in the story using I, me, my, mine, we, us

Annotating

• the narrator is in the story using I, me, my, mine, we, us

• making notes and comments in a text to help the reader better understand the events and meaning

• the central idea or message, the lesson the author wants you to know.

• a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

Figurative Language

• language that is not meant to be taken literally or word for word.

• a person, place, object, or event that stands for an abstract idea

• the central idea or message, the lesson the author wants you to know.

• A character or force in conflict with the main character (protagonist)

Metaphor

• the perspective from which a story is told

• When a character struggles against another character

• the narrator is outside of the story.

• a comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as

Personification

• a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

• A character or force in conflict with the main character (protagonist)

• a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to a non-human object or thing.

• When a character struggles against another character

Point of view

• the perspective from which a story is told

• go beyond the dictionary meaning of figurative language.

• the central idea or message, the lesson the author wants you to know.

• The main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, government, etc.

Simile

• a person, place, object, or event that stands for an abstract idea

• a comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as

• a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

• When a character struggles against another character

Symbolism

• The main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, government, etc.

• a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

• a comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as

• a person, place, object, or event that stands for an abstract idea

Theme

• A struggle between opposing forces

• the central idea or message, the lesson the author wants you to know.

• the act of creating and developing a character

• Most exciting/critical moment of the story; turning point. Readers begin to see how the story will end.