Vocabulary Test 2/12/21

The retelling of a story that includes the important information from the beginning, middle, and end. It also needs to include the conflict and resolution.

• opinion

• summary

• solution

• fact

The perspective from which a story is told. Whose eyes are we seeing the story through?

• first person

• third person

• point of view

• entertain

This is when the author writes just for fun... to give the reader an enjoyable story.

• persuade

• inform

• fact

• entertain

This point of view is when the person telling the story is also a character in the story. Uses the word I, we, us, our, etc.

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• persuade

• opinion

This is when the author writes to teach the reader about a specific topic or how to do something.

• inform

• entertain

• persuade

• summary

This point of view is when a narrator who is NOT in the story is telling the story.

• 1st

• author's purpose

• entertain

• 3rd

This is a statement that can be proven.

• opinion

• inform

• fact

• non-fiction text

An author would write for this reason when he/she is trying to talk the reader into believing a certain way.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• opinion

This is the reason an author writes. Reasons include entertaining, persuading, or informing the reader.

• inform

• author's purpose

• fact

• persuade

This is a statement about what someone thinks or feels. It cannot be proven.

• opinion

• fact

• entertain

• author's purpose