Reading Literature

myth

• to restate in other words

• Sequence of events in a story

• A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

• an extended work of fiction

narrator

• an extended work of fiction

• to restate in other words

• Sequence of events in a story

• Person telling the story

novel

• Sequence of events in a story

• an extended work of fiction

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• Person telling the story

plot

• Sequence of events in a story

• A set of slides or handouts that contains information you want to convey to an audience.

• to restate in other words

• Person telling the story

point of view

• Person telling the story

• the perspective from which a story is told

• A set of slides or handouts that contains information you want to convey to an audience.

• an extended work of fiction

A __________ is a person, animal, or other creature in a story.

• character

• setting

• theme

• main idea

The _________ is when and where a story takes place.

• character

• setting

• plot

• main idea

When you _________, you tell the main ideas in order, restating the most important parts of the plot in your own words.

• compare

• summarize

• infer

• explain

When you __________ characters, you find ways they are similar.

• compare

• contrast

• summarize

• describe

When you _________ characters, you find ways they are different.

• compare

• contrast

• summarize

• describe