CP MAP Academic Vocabulary Set 3

character with a significant role in the action of the story, they might be the main character (who the story is about) or really important to the main character​ (a)  

• major character
• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue
• mood
• moral
• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia

a figure of speech that is a comparison between two things that doesn't use like or as but just talks about one thing like it's another; for example to say "My heart is an ocean" might mean someone has very deep feelings

​ ​ (a)  

• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue
• mood
• moral
• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character

a character who does not play a large role in a story, a background character or supporting character

​ ​ ​ (a)  

• minor character
• monologue
• mood
• moral
• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character
• metaphor

a very long speech made by one actor in a play

​ ​ ​ (a)  

• monologue
• mood
• moral
• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character
• metaphor
• minor character

the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader; for example a scene might make the reader feel scared or sad based on details in the text like how the author describes sounds, smells, or images

​ ​ ​ (a)  

• mood
• moral
• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character
• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue

a life lesson taught by a literary work, a theme

​ ​ ​ (a)  

• moral
• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character
• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue
• mood

a very old story that's passed down by word-of-mouth (oral tradition), especially one about the early history of people that usually involves gods and other supernatural beings or events

​ ​ ​ (a)  

• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character
• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue
• mood
• moral

the character/person who tells the story

​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character
• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue
• mood
• moral
• myth

writing that tells about real people, places, and events

​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia
• main character
• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue
• mood
• moral
• myth
• narrator

the use of words that imitate sounds like BAM and BANG and POW, for example​ (a)  

• main character
• metaphor
• minor character
• monologue
• mood
• moral
• myth
• narrator
• nonfiction
• onomatopoeia