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SHMS 6th ELA Vocab 2
SHMS 6th Grade ELA Vocab 2
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| drama | (play) literature that is meant to be acted out |
| fable | a short story that is not true used to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or other objects that are not real |
| fantasy | a story that includes many elements that could not happen in real life and takes place in places that may not exist |
| fiction | literature that includes short stories and novels about imaginary events and people; not real |
| first-person point of view | when a character tells a story using the pronoun I or me, and the narrator is a character in the story |
| folktale | a tale, legend, or story passed down from one group of people to the next; sometimes based on superstition |
| historical narrative | a made-up story set in a real time in the past and that includes characterizations of real people |
| inference | an educated guess based on evidence in the text and a reader’s prior knowledge |
| myth | a traditional story with an unknown author, often involving goddesses, gods, and heroes, that attempts to explain a natural phenomenon, a historic event, or the origin of a belief or custom |
| mystery | a plot in which a puzzle, riddle, or a crime must be solved |
| poetry | (poem) literature written in lines with creative language and often includes rhythm and rhyme |
| scene | the setting of a play and the place where the story takes place and the characters interact |
| second-person point of view | when a narrator uses the pronoun you to tell a story |
| simile | a direct comparison of one thing to another using the word like or as |
| third-person limited point of view | when a narrator tells the story through the thoughts and feelings of only one character |
| third-person omniscient point of view | when a narrator knows everything about a story and its characters |