Literature Words Vocabulary

Author

• the person who draws the pictures in the book

• the person who reads the book

• the person who writes the words

• the person who makes up math problems

Setting

• the last page in the book

• the same as the glossary

• the most important part of the book

• where the story takes place

Characters

• who is in the story

• the different places in the story

• the place the story happens

• the title of the story

Narrator

• the last person in the story to speak

• the person telling the story

• the characters in the story

• the cover of the book

First person point of view

• the narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, Me, We, Us, Ours, My

• the narrator directly addresses the reader and uses words like Your, You, Yours

• the narrator is not a character in the story and uses words like He, She, They, Them, Him, Her, Their

• the narrator is always telling a made up story

2nd person point of view

• the narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, Me, We, Us, Ours, My

• the narrator directly addresses the reader and uses words like You, Your, Yours

• the narrator is not a character in the story and uses words like He, She, They, Them, Him, Her, Their

• the narrator is always the hero in the story

3rd person point of view

• the narrator is the character that is telling the story and uses words like I, Me, We, Us, Ours, My

• the narrator directly addresses the reader and uses words like You, Your, Yours

• the narrator does not tell the story

• the narrator is not a character in the story and uses words like He, She, They, Them, Him, Her, Their

Genre

• what happens in the story

• the kind of story it is

• who is in the story

• where the story takes place

Plot

• the last page in the story

• the lesson or message in the story

• what happens in the story, or the story line

• the person telling the story

Theme

• the kind of story it is

• the lesson or message the author wants the reader to learn

• the person that writes the story

• the person telling the story