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F/NF Academic Vocab.
Academic terms from the Fiction/Nonfiction unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fiction | Any literary work portraying imaginary characters and/or events |
| Nonfiction | A factual account; literature or cinema that is not made up |
| Character | A person in or personality of a story |
| Plot | The series of events in a story |
| Setting | The time, place, and environment of a story |
| Narrator | The character or speaker telling a story |
| First Person | A narrator in the story telling it from his or her perspective |
| Third Person Limited | An outside narrator that has access to the thought and feelings of only one character in the story |
| Omniscient | An all-knowing narrator; can jump from perspective to perspective to give the reader a more thorough knowledge of the story |
| Alternating Perspective | Point of view where the story is told from several points of view, changing perspectives throughout the story |
| Point of View | Perspective of the story; the perspective from which the reader hears the story |
| Theme | General message or lesson in a fictional story; recurring trend or idea |
| Historical context | The real-life historical events and trends that affect a literary work |
| Narrative | A story. including events and a point of view |
| Author's Purpose | The writer's main reason for writing a story; could be to inform, to persuade, to entertain, or to explain |
| Central Idea | The main idea or message of a nonfiction piece |
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