Campus Wide Vocabulary

Author's Purpose

• The reason the author wrote the reading

• The main character's motivation

• The setting of the story

• The theme of the narrative

Character

• a person or animal in a story

• a type of plot twist

• a setting in a narrative

• a literary device used for symbolism

Character Traits

• a person or character’s behavior or description of their looks

• a person's favorite hobbies and interests

• the setting and time period of a story

• the plot twists and turns in a narrative

plot

• the events of a story in order

• a character's emotional journey

• the setting of a story

• the author's writing style

Nonfiction

• A fictional narrative created for entertainment.

• A text giving information or facts.

• A poem that expresses emotions and ideas.

• A story that is based on imaginary events.

Third Person Point of View

• thoughts and feelings of one or more characters (he, she, they)

• the narrator is a character in the story (I, me)

• the narrator knows everything about all characters (omniscient)

• the narrator only describes actions without thoughts (objective)

Simile

• Comparing two different things using like or as.

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A comparison without using like or as.

• A phrase that describes a sound.

Point of View

• the perspective from which a story is told

• the main character's journey

• the setting of the story

• the conflict between characters

Solution

• A method to create conflict in a story

• How the problem in a story is solved

• A character's journey throughout the story

• The setting of the story

First person Point of View

• author/narrator’s thoughts and feelings (I, Me, My, Us)

• a perspective that describes events from an outside observer

• a narrative style that uses 'you' to address the reader

• a viewpoint that focuses on multiple characters' thoughts