1.2Vocabulary Rare Treasure (Bio)

The state of being extremely poor

• poverty

• pursued

• treacherous

• remarkable

Worked without stopping to get or accomplish something

• poverty

• pursued

• treacherous

• remarkable

Unsafe because of hidden dangers

• poverty

• pursued

• treacherous

• remarkable

Extraordinary or outstanding

• assembled

• pursued

• treacherous

• remarkable

Put or brought together

• assembled

• pursued

• treacherous

• remarkable

Is a true story about the another person’s life

• biography

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• Descriptive or figurative language

A character narrates using the words I, us, we outside of quotation marks

• biography

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• Descriptive or figurative language

An unknown person narrates, knows all thoughts and feelings, and uses the words he, she, they…

• biography

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• Descriptive or figurative language

Helps the reader imagine the story to show what’s special or important (similes, metaphors)

• Main or central idea

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• Descriptive or figurative language

The topic what it’s mainly about… usually the heading, 1st, 2nd, or conclusion sentence in a paragraph

• Main or central idea

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• Descriptive or figurative language