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Hersey Vocab Odyssey
Odyssey General Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| advice | a suggestion about how to do something |
| author | writer |
| author's purpose | a special reason an author has for writing a story or book |
| conflict | a battle or struggle; the opposition of two forces or ideas |
| conversation | talking; an oral exchange of ideas between two or more people |
| dialogue | words that characters in a story say to each other |
| effect | the direct result of a cause |
| epilogue | a short section at the end of a story; it often takes plae well after the main events |
| motive | a reason for doing something |
| passage | a line or several lines from a story or book |
| plot | the events that take place in a story |
| point of view | the viewpoint from which a story is told; the mental attitude that determines a person's opinions or judgments |
| prologue | the part of the story that comes before the main action; an introduction |
| sequence | the order in which something happens |
| setting | the place and time of a story or event |
| simile | a comparison using the word like or as |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |