Unit 1 Key Terms

Central Idea

• The main point an author makes in a nonfiction text (or a section of a nonfiction text)

• The viewpoint a story is told from

  Such as first, second, or third person point of view

• The time and place where a story takes place.

• The way a character’s attitude, beliefs, or personality change throughout the story

Point of View

• Evidence that supports an argument

• Conflict

  The struggle between two opposing forces in a story

  Can be between two characters or one character struggling with a particular problem

  Characters can face both external and internal struggles

• A person or character’s perspective on a topic

• The events of a story

Narrative Point of View

• A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

• The way a character’s attitude, beliefs, or personality change throughout the story

• How the conflict is solved in a story; the ending of a story

• The viewpoint a story is told from

  Such as first, second, or third person point of view

Plot

• The events of a story

• The way a character’s attitude, beliefs, or personality change throughout the story

• The time and place where a story takes place.

• Evidence that supports an argument

Conflict

• The struggle between two opposing forces in a story

  Can be between two characters or one character struggling with a particular problem

  Characters can face both external and internal struggles

• The time and place where a story takes place.

• A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

• A claim that a writer is defending in an essay

Setting

• A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

• The time and place where a story takes place.

• The way a character’s attitude, beliefs, or personality change throughout the story

• A claim that a writer is defending in an essay

Resolution

• Evidence that supports an argument

• A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

• How the conflict is solved in a story; the ending of a story

• The events of a story

Characterization

• The way a character’s attitude, beliefs, or personality change throughout the story

• The ways an author reveals and develops a character’s personality

  Often includes what a character thinks, says, does, feels, and how others act toward them

• A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

• Relevant Evidence

  Evidence that supports an argument

Character Change

• A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

• The ways an author reveals and develops a character’s personality

• The events of a story

• The way a character’s attitude, beliefs, or personality change throughout the story

Argument

• A claim that a writer is defending in a paragraph or short response

  Usually the first sentence of a paragraph

• The main point an author makes in a nonfiction text (or a section of a nonfiction text)

• A person or character’s perspective on a topic

• The events of a story